Abstract
Ethnicity as an issue has been faced by all multi-ethnic
societies. But it is a matter of great apprehensions and graver
outcomes in those societies which are going through postconflict reconstruction, like Afghanistan is today. The paper
will discuss in detail the ethnic groups, which exist in Afghan
society along with the country’s ethnic history. This paper
attempts to analyze the fact how social and political objectives
of ethnic groups are liable to be accommodated in the new
structure of Afghan State. It will also argue about the
composition of ethnic groups, impact of war on ethnic
communities, and why the ethnic fault lines may continue and
under what circumstances, they may fade away?
Keywords: Ethnicity, communist regime, Mujahideen, multi-ethnic state,
racial homogeneity, post-colonial states, Treaty of Rawalpindi
Muhammad Saleem Mazhar, Samee Ozair Khan . (2012) Ethnic Factor in Afghanistan , Journal of Political Studies, Volume 19, Issue 2.
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