Saturday, June 10, 2006

Afghanistan during the 20ths

In 1964 he [King Zahir Shah] promulgated a new constitution which excluded members of the royal family from certain government positions provided for a bicameral parliament, free elections, a free press, and the formation of political parties. It ushered in a period of unprecedentted political tolerance which was marred only by the intransigence of parliamentary representatives who could not establish a working coalition.

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