Actor Jude Law has travelled to war-torn Afghanistan to help promote the United Nations' Peace Day. The Alfie star has teamed up with British filmmaker Jeremy Gilley to film a documentary of their travels in the Middle Eastern country, where citizens have been struggling to return some normalcy to their lives since the start of the War in Afghanistan in 2001. Gilley - who was instrumental in convincing the UN to adopt Peace Day in 2001 - has previously filmed in Afghanistan, but recruited Law for his latest documentary to raise the profile of the global event.Speaking from the capital of Kabul, Law - an ambassador of Peace Day - says, "Afghanistan will be the focal point for the second film, so it seemed important that Jeremy also have a sounding board, a third-party perspective on his trip."This film is about documenting and seeing how Peace Day can save lives."Wouldn't it be a wonderful international message to come from a country which is perceived as a country purely of conflict, that this message of peace can sing out of it?"This year's UN Peace Day will be held on 21 September (07) and Gilley's documentary is expected to premiere in Afghanistan in 2008.

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