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33: 526: 642:). By inviting warlords capable enough to disrupt the state building process, a "big tent" strategy was enacted in order to incorporate, rather than alienate, these non-state actors in Afghan state centralization. As a result, the Afghan Interim Authority (AIA)—made up of 30 members, headed by a chairman—was inaugurated on 22 December 2001 with a six-month mandate to be followed by a two-year Transitional Authority (TA), after which elections were to be held. 666:
of rights of women and also minorities, such as religious and ethnic groups. This model for state-building in Afghanistan was based on a ‘maximalist model of post-conflict reconstruction’ that surfaced in the 1990s, following international interventions in the Balkans, sub-Saharan Africa and East Timor.
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report that stated, “even within central government, current political divisions and rivalries render impossible any meaningful consensus on even the key policy elements of a comprehensive administrative reform program…” The subsequent failures of the Afghan state, including the inability to provide
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The Bonn Agreement provided a framework for the later constitution that was established in 2004 and the presidential and parliamentary elections that followed. It emphasized the need for strong, centralized government institutions and failed to account for the state’s cultural and political history,
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Following the fall of the Taliban in 2001, the Bonn Agreement laid the foundation for U.S. and NATO-backed state-building efforts in Afghanistan. The agreement sought to establish a new constitution, an independent judiciary, free and fair elections, a centralized security sector, and the protection
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was established to draft a new constitution in consultation with the public. The Bonn Agreement called for a loya jirga to be convened within 18 months of the establishment of the Transitional Authority and for the use of the 1964 constitution as the basis for a new constitution. The constitution
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basic security and social services, stemmed from the ‘overambitious reconstruction model’ that was created by the Bonn Agreement, as well as practical challenges on the ground. Following this event, the Afghan government took on a more informal style in public affairs of pact-making and
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The state-building roadmap that was created by the Bonn Agreement was an inappropriate model for the Afghan case, and later led to a range of issues, including government corruption and incompetency. Since the Bonn Agreement failed to provide shared powers within the
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The Bonn Agreement calls for a judicial commission to rebuild the justice system in accordance with Islamic principles, international standards, the rule of law, and Afghan legal traditions.
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Agreement on Provisional Arrangements in Afghanistan Pending the Re-Establishment of Permanent Government Institutions (Bonn Agreement)
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government, it spurred an internal war between two of the country’s “elite networks”, the North Alliance and the
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as the country had previously relied on informal, regional power structures to deliver security and services.
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before a permanent government was established. A nationally agreed-upon government would require at least one
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Blum, Rogger, Jugen, Daniel (24 April 2016). "Public Service Reform in Post-Conflict Societies".
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to be convened; however, in the absence of law and order in the wake of the rapid victory of
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Faction. As a result, the North Alliance held most of the cabinet positions in
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One of the sections of the Bonn Agreement envisaged the establishment of the
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2001 plan on the future government of Afghanistan following the U.S. invasion
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Mukhopadhyay, Dipali. "Warlords as Bureaucrats: The Afghan Experience."
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Mukhopadhyay, Dipali. "Warlords as Bureaucrats: The Afghan Experience."
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Text of the Bonn Conference Final Declaration 2011, UN Peacemaker
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Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice
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In December 2001, 25 prominent Afghans met under UN auspices in
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Text of all Peace Agreements for Afghanistan, UN Peacemaker
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Warlords, strongman governors, and the state in Afghanistan
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Warlords, Strongman Governors, and the State in Afghanistan
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had been adopted by the loya Jirga on January 4, 2004.
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International Conference on Afghanistan, London (2010)
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The Bonn Agreement called for the establishment of a
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Index

Politics of Afghanistan

Constitution
Taliban Islamic Movement
Loya jirga ("Grand assembly")
Human rights
Human Rights Commission
LGBT rights
Treatment of women by the Taliban
Government
Supreme Leader
list
Hibatullah Akhundzada
decrees
Prime Minister
Hasan Akhund
Deputy Leader
Sirajuddin Haqqani
Mullah Yaqoob
Abdul Ghani Baradar
Deputy Prime Minister
Abdul Ghani Baradar
Abdul Salam Hanafi
Abdul Kabir
Leadership Council
Cabinet
Judiciary
Law of Afghanistan
Supreme Court
Chief Justice

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