Afghanistan - Developments in Post-Taliban period

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Topic: Afghanistan: Developments in  Post-Taliban period

The fall of Taliban in 2001 has yield a path for the development of Afghanistan. It was chosen to lead the country towards democracy. The UN sponsored “Bonn conference” which created a council of 30 members for internal administration. For internal security, an international peace force was deployed under the UN mandate. As the head of the interim administration, Hami Karzai was chosen. Loya Jigra-the grand assembly set up for a formal governance, assembled to prepare a constitution in December 2003. The constitution was ready and was adopted as a law n January 2004.

According to the newly adopted constitution. Afghanistan is a democratic country with Presidential system of government, having two-house Parliament. 25% seats are reserved for women in the lower house of Parliament. Man and women are given equal rights under the Constitution. It was developing in the field of international relations, internal administration, economy and infrastructure. India has helped Afghanistan by financial aid to the country and has provided technical assistance also.

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