Below are the key points of Afghanistan's first post-Taleban constitution, adopted by the country's grand assembly, or loya jirga, on Sunday, as carried by the French news agency AFP.
Afghanistan is an Islamic republic with Islam as its "sacred religion";
Followers of other religions are free to perform religious ceremonies in accordance with the provisions of the law;
No law shall be contrary to the beliefs and practices of Islam;
Men and women have equal rights and duties before the law;
Afghanistan will have a presidential system of government;
The president is responsible to the nation and the lower house, or Wolesi Jirga;
The president will be directly elected by the Afghan people with two vice-presidents, who are nominated by presidential candidates when standing for election;
A national assembly will consist of two houses: a Wolesi Jirga or "house of people" and a Meshrano Jirga or "house of elders";
The Wolesi Jirga will be directly elected by the Afghan people;
The Wolesi Jirga has the authority to impeach ministers;
The president will appoint ministers, the attorney general and central bank governor with the approval of the Wolesi Jirga;
Ministers should not hold foreign passports but the Wolesi Jirga should vote whether to approve appointments of ministers holding dual nationality;
Former king Mohammad Zahir Shah is to be accorded the title "Father of the Nation" for his lifetime ;
Pashto and Dari are the official languages with other minority languages to be considered official languages in the areas in which they are spoken.
I'm finding these a little worrying...how they're applied could be interesting
<LI>Followers of other religions are free to perform religious ceremonies in accordance with the provisions of the law;
<LI>No law shall be contrary to the beliefs and practices of Islam
I copied and pasted since it applies.