Democratization of Post-Taliban Afghanistan: prospects and challenges

• Main Author: Ra'ees, Wahabuddin
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: JA Political science (General); JQ Political institutions Asia
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/61191/7/Slides-DemocraticTransitionConference.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/61191/1/Conference%20on%20Democratic%20Transition.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/61191/

The 2001 US invasion of Afghanistan entailed combating terrorist cells and democratization of Afghanistan. The democratization argument has been based on the assumption that Afghanistan had no history of civic culture and democratic experience. Afghanistan’s history was that of authoritarianism, dic...