Current and past governments of
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
have included a Minister of Justice (, ) in the
Afghan cabinet.
The Ministry of Justice of Afghanistan assumes responsibilities such as drafting and reviewing laws and decrees of the president, raising public awareness of legal topics, managing affairs relating to legal aid, and printing and disseminating legislative documents.
In 1967, the Ministry of Justice was combined with the Attorney General's Office. By 1977, the Ministry of Justice took over the functions of the Chief Justice.
List of ministers
Source:
Ministers of Justice During the Amir Amanullah Khan Period (1919-1926)
Ministers of Justice During the Mohammed Nadir Shah Period (1929-1933)
Ministers of Justice During the Mohammad Zahir Shah Period (1933-1973)
Ministers of Justice for Mohammed Daoud Khan's Presidential Palace (1973-1978)
Ministers of Justice From 1978-1992 (Years involving a coup)
Ministers of Justice During the
Islamic State of Afghanistan
The Islamic State of Afghanistan was established by the Peshawar Accords of 26 April 1992. Many Afghan mujahideen parties participated in its creation, after the fall of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, socialist government. Its power was ...
Minister of Justice During the Taliban (1996-2001)
Minister of Justice During the Transitional Period (2001-2004)
Ministers of Justice for the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004-2021)
Ministers of Justice for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021-present)
See also
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Justice ministry
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
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Politics of Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a theocracy, theocratic emirate with a Totalitarianism, totalitarian regime ruled by the Taliban, a political and miliant Islamism, Islamist movement adhere the Deobandi jihadism, Deobandi jihadist ideology with Pashtunwali influen ...
External links
Official website
References
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Justice
In its broadest sense, justice is the idea that individuals should be treated fairly. According to the ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', the most plausible candidate for a core definition comes from the ''Institutes (Justinian), Inst ...
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...