Constitution of Afghanistan

The Constitution of Afghanistan refers to the series of foundational legal documents that have governed the state structure, political system and civil rights in Afghanistan through its modern history, under monarchic, republican, communist, Islamic and Taliban administrations. Constitutional development began during the reign of King Amanullah Khan in the early twentieth century and continued through successive governments until the collapse of the Islamic Republic in 2021; the most recent was the 2004 constitution, adopted after the fall of the Taliban regime and backed by a constitutional loya jirga, but since the Taliban's return to power in 2021 the country's constitutional status has remained unknown, and Afghanistan's Ministry of Justice has categorized previous constitutions as nullified.