Coalition government and Western Australia the Liberal and National parties compete separately, while in the Northern Territory and Queensland the two parties have merged, forming the Country Liberal Party, in 1978, and the Liberal National Party, in 2008, respectively. The other federal coalition has been: In Belgium, where there are separate Dutch-speaking and French-speaking parties for each political grouping, coalition cabinets of up to six parties are common. In Canada, the Great Coalition was formed in 1864 by the Clear Grits, Parti bleu, and Liberal-Conservative Party. During the First World War, Prime Minister Robert Borden attempted to form a coalition with the
National Coalition of Afghanistan and competed against Ashraf Ghani for presidency with a second-round of elections. In December 2011, the Coalition for Change and Hope was broadened and transformed into the National Coalition of Afghanistan supported by dozens of Afghan political parties and led by Abdullah Abdullah to challenge the government of Hamid Karzai. Major figures associated with the coalition include: National Coalition of Afghanistan The National Coalition of Afghanistan (, Etelaf-e Milli; previously known as the Coalition for Change and Hope), is a political coalition in Afghanistan led by Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan's former foreign minister (2001-2005) and main challenger of President Hamid Karzai