Civil-political rights of women in the Afghanistan legal system and international conventions

Civil-political rights of women in Afghanistan legal system have been defined differently due to socio-political changes. On the other hand, the Afghan legal system, by accepting international conventions on women, has multifaceted approaches, which is itself an important issue and requires scientific research; Therefore, in this study, which is fundamental in its kind, the data collection is based on analytical-descriptive method, based on library documents such as those specially related to the civil-political rights of women in the Afghan legal system and also the accepted conventions by the government. As a result of this study, in general, three approaches to women’s civil-political rights have been identified. First, the traditional and tribal approach that spans from the reign of Ahmad Shah Abdali to Shah Amanullah (1747-1919). The second is the modernist approach, which after the formation of Amanullah Khan’s government and the first Amani Charter, recognized the civil-political rights of women as the rights of citizens and included in law. Third, the balanced / moderate approach; That is, it is between a purely traditional approach and total modernism, and from 2001 onwards (the formation of the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan).