what form of government does afghanistan have?
Islamic republic
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 The government has had a longstanding conflict in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas ( FATA ) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ( KP ) , Pakistani regions bordering Afghanistan . Diplomatic relations with Afghan President Hamid Karzai improved after Musharraf 's departure and Zardari 's rise to power . The Obama administration 's AfPak policy , through AfPak envoy Richard Holbrooke , reflected the unified approach the United States took in dealing with Afghanistan and Pakistan . 

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 On 27 June 1978 , three months after the revolution , Amin managed to outmaneuver the Parchamites at a Central Committee meeting . The meeting decided that the Khalqists had exclusive rights to formulate and decide policy , a policy which left the Parchamites impotent . Karmal was exiled , but was able to establish a network with the remaining Parchamites in government . A coup to overthrow Amin was planned for September . Its leading members in Afghanistan were Qadir , the defence minister , and Army Chief of Staff General Shahpur Ahmedzai . The coup was planned for 4 September , on the Festival of Eid , because soldiers and officers would be off duty . The conspiracy failed when the Afghan ambassador to India told the Afghan leadership about the plan . A purge was initiated , and Parchamite ambassadors were recalled ; few returned , for example Karmal and Mohammad Najibullah both stayed in their assigned countries . 

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 Coalition and Afghan authorities continued their efforts to win over Taliban sympathizers . However a " miscommunication between authorities " created some tension . In late December , two western diplomats were expelled from Afghanistan . Governor Assadullah Wafa accused them of holding secret talks with the Taliban and proposing bribes to them ; the secret talks were denied as a misunderstanding by a UN spokesperson . In January 2008 , Mullah Abdul Salaam was appointed governor of Musa Qala district by the Afghan government , a gesture that was intended to encourage other Taliban commanders to change sides . 

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 Afghanistan is a member of the South Asian zone of the Olympic Council of Asia , and has competed in the Asian Games since the inaugural edition of the Games in 1951 in New Delhi . On September 26 , 1996 , the Taliban annexed the Kabul and established the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan . Under the Taliban regime all types of sporting activities were deprecated , as according to the Taliban , most of them were against the teachings of Islam and Islamic law . Many stadiums , like Ghazi Stadium of Kabul , were either destroyed or converted into venues for public executions and punishments . Women were banned from taking part in any type of sport ; male athletes were allowed to participate in a few sports , but were forced to wear long sleeves , trousers and beards . Following such incidents and discrimination against women , the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) banned Afghanistan National Olympic Committee and barred them from taking part in the Olympic Games . 

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 ISAF was initially charged with securing Kabul and surrounding areas from the Taliban , al Qaeda and factional warlords , so as to allow for the establishment of the Afghan Transitional Administration headed by Hamid Karzai . In October 2003 , the UN Security Council authorized the expansion of the ISAF mission throughout Afghanistan , and ISAF subsequently expanded the mission in four main stages over the whole of the country . 
