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Constitution of Afghanistan

Afghanistan · Religion / Islam. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1987–2004Date range
4Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1987

Sibghatullah Mojaddedi1987

Religion / Islam

Sibghatullah Mojaddedi is selected as the head of the Interim Islamic State of Afghanistan, in an attempt to reassert its legitimacy against the Moscow-sponsored Kabul regime

1989

Burhannudin Rabbani1989

Kabul · Religion / Islam

The Taleban establish a fundamentalist Islamic state

1992

Burhannudin Rabbani15 May 1992

Kabul · Religion / Islam

Afghanistan is declared an Islamic State

1997

Mohammed Omar Mujahid1997

Religion / Islam

Renamed Afghanistan the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

2004

Hamid Karzai4 January 2004

Religion / Islam

The country is renamed, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Names involved

Burhannudin RabbaniHamid KarzaiMohammed Omar MujahidSibghatullah Mojaddedi

Provenance

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