Centre–Periphery Relations in Afghanistan
Centre–Periphery Relations in Afghanistan
This chapter explores the politics of the Afghan government in aiming to establish its political rule throughout the country. It reveals particular techniques of physical violence and subjugation that the Afghan government has used to enforce its control over the country, and argues that the trajectories of government rule set by ʻAbd al-Rahman at the end of the nineteenth century continue to guide Kabul politics in the present day. The chapter underlines how the politics of the centre towards the periphery was strongly tinged by a Pashtun nationalism that remains a dominant feature of Afghan politics, and which has frequently led to the repression of ethnic minorities in the country.
Keywords: Afghan government, political rule, physical violence, subjugation, Kabul, Pashtun nationalism, repression
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