Truth and Justice (Afghanistan)

The party was founded in 2010 by Atmar and Abbas Noyan as a reformist opposition to the government of President Karzai.

The former interior minister and former people's representative came together to create a multi-ethnic political party, advocating against rampant corruption that had resulted in increased insecurity and economic underdevelopment.

One of its spokesmen, Hamidullah Farooqi, stated that the party seeks to "fulfill people’s hopes and needs in the political, economic, and social spheres of life.

"[5] The party's official launch a week before the commencement of the traditional Loya Jirga called by Karzai and just before the Bonn Conference in December was read as a show of force of their presence and that they have say in the Afghanistan's future.

[7] Notable members include Sima Samar, a woman’s and human rights advocate, activist and a social worker within national and international forums, who served as Minister of Women's Affairs of Afghanistan from December 2001 to 2003.

She is currently the Chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), and, from 2005 to 2009, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Sudan[1] Other prominent members Hanif Atmar, Abbas Noyan, former Member of Parliament, Ehsan Zia, former Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Hamidullah Farooqi, former Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, Sardar Roshan, Advisor to the President, and Kabir Ranjbar, who dissolved his Democratic Party to join the Truth and Justice party.