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ISLAM AS UNIFYING FACTOR IN AFGHAN STATE

    1 Author(s):  PARULACHOUDHARY

Vol -  4, Issue- 1 ,         Page(s) : 590 - 595  (2013 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH

Abstract

Islam is the backbone of our society, without Islam we cannot create political consensus said Afghan presidential candidate AsharfGhani in July 2009. This argument shows that how much Islam has influence on Afghan society .In this paper I will focus on Afghan state­building and Islam as unifying force. In state­building building process in Afghanistan which is began in eighteen century when Durrani empire founded by Ahmad Shah, focus will be around some factors geographical, historical and ethnic composition in Afghanistan and Islam as a common factor.

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