Ethnic and Sectarian Faults and the Crisis of Political and Social Impasse in Afghanistan

Bu makale için 27 Eylül 2025 tarihinde bir düzeltme yayımlandı. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/atdd/article/1752034

Abstract

Afghanistan is an unlimited territory on the top of third world countries, which shares the geography of poverty and deprivation. The structure of government in this country is an undefined structure that does not fit into the political dictionary. The ethnic crisis in this country is the key challenge to modernization. In order to understand the situation of ethnic groups in Afghanistan and the connection of ethnic groups with political institutions and political activists, I have discussed my theoretical model regarding the unique context of ethnicism or tribal nationalism in Afghanistan. Since the composition of the Afghan population is not clear with the separation of minorities, and claims in this regard cannot be accepted. On the other hand, the Pashtuns in Afghanistan, who claim to be the majority and are persistently trying to preserve political power and the first place of political authority for themselves, consider themselves to have the undisputed right to the top of power. Such self-privileging is present in all the different classes that have been discussed in this essay, loyalty to the hegemony of political power in tribal tendencies has become a taboo whose legitimacy has also been obtained from religion and sect in the form of self-examination. The only way out of such a crisis is to experience democracy, which by touching on minimal democracies can provide the basis for inclusive and accountable political institutions.

Keywords

• Minorities
• Crisis
• Politics
• Power
• Afghanistan
• Government

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