http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20210909-213957-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/fatal-non-evolution/ Fatal Non-Evolution Pasarlay, Shamshad eng 2021-09-09 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Afghan Constitution centralism Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Like all constitutions, the Afghan Constitution was imperfect. As is so often the case, its imperfections were necessary short-term fixes to settle immediate problems at the time of the constitutional founding. I will discuss two critically important features of the Constitution—ones that in 2004 were essential to ensure the short-term survival of the Afghan state, but which the framers themselves recognized would need to be modified in the medium to long-term. Over time, these once necessary but ultimately problematic elements in the Constitution remained uncorrected, impeded government performance and destroyed the popular legitimacy of the government.