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Afghan Modern: The History of a Global Nation 067428609X, 9780674286092
Table of contents :
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
1 Imperial Cosmopolitans
2 Forging an Afghan Empire
3 Bodies in Motion
4 The Star of Asia
5 Seduced by Capital
6 The Atomic Age
7 Revolutionary Dreams
8 At the Center of Humanity
Epilogue
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
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AFGHAN MODERN
AFGHAN MODERN T H E
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G L O B A L
Robert D. Crews
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England 2015
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Copyright © 2015 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College all rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First printing Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress ISBN 978-0-674-28609-2
For Christopher and Reina
CONTENTS
Introduction
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Imperial Cosmopolitans
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Forging an Afghan Empire
3
Bodies in Motion
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The Star of Asia
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Cabinet of Afghanistan
Executive body of the Afghan government
The Cabinet of Afghanistan (also known as the Council of Ministers) is the executive body of the government of the country, responsible for day-to-day governance and the implementation of policy set by the Leadership. In his modern form it exists since the beginning of the reign of Emir Amanullah Khan in 1919.
The current Council of Ministers of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan[2] is headed by the prime minister—who serves as the nation's head of government—and his deputies, and consists of the heads and deputy heads of the government ministries.
Predecessors to a cabinet
[edit]18th century
[edit]When Ahmad Shah Durrani started ruling over his empire in 1747, he had no administrative experience, nor did much of his closest advisors. As a result, he chose to adopt a government style similar to the Mughals and Safavids, with his main idea of a government based on an absolute monarchy. A tribal
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