Includes bibliographical references (pages 20-22).
Contents
Negotiating an inclusive national compact in the context of a tumultuous history. -- Makeup of the negotiating teams. -- Constitutional principles of the Islamic Republic and the Islamic Emirate. -- The Constitution and the peace process.
Summary
The peace negotiations between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban that began in September in Doha, Qatar, will almost certainly include revisiting the country's constitution. Both sides claim to abide by Islamic law, but they interpret it in very different ways. This report examines some of the constitutional issues that divide the two sides, placing them within the context of decades of turmoil in Afghanistan and suggesting ideas for how the peace process might begin to resolve them.
Note
Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption (USIP, viewed January 9, 2021).
