Heads of some political parties and movements and members of parliament and residents came together in Kabul on Thursday to announce the launch of a new political movement and discuss ways to end the war and ensure sustainable peace.

With just over a week to go for Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Thursday that it has noted, that despite significant security challenges, progress has been made by the country's security forces to create conditions for the majority of citizens to exercise their right to vote.