Status of constitutionalism and rule of law in Afghanistan: a study by the Afghanistan constitutional law expert group

"In August 2021, Afghanistan witnessed a political upheaval when the Taliban took over Kabul and other provinces and put an end to the Islamic Republic. Right from the first day of the Taliban’s new reign in power, a key question was how the Taliban would treat the Constitution of 2004, which had been approved as a consensus document among key ethnic groups by the Loya Jirga (A grand assembly), and what would be their alternative. Since then, four years have passed, and the Taliban have ruled Afghanistan without a formal constitution."