Why Good Governance Implementation in the Post-Taliban Administration in Afghanistan Failed?
| Published date | 01 December 2024 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/00195561241276893 |
| Author | Farhad Sultani |
| Date | 01 December 2024 |
Why Good Governance
Implementation in
the Post-Taliban
Administration in
Afghanistan Failed?
Farhad Sultani1,2
Abstract
The article examines the obstacles and issues that led to good governance fail-
ure in Afghanistan in the past two decades. Afghanistan received considerable
aid from the West in general and the USA in particular. Despite two decades
of international community support, democracy and good governance were
not institutionalised. Politics continues to be dominated by big money, goons
and people with little background and training in informal politics. Power and
authority were concentrated at the top echelons of government. Corruption
has become so endemic that it has engulfed the entire society. President Karzai
and President Ghani ethnicised the government and missed several opportuni-
ties to achieve democracy, good governance and economic growth in the past
two decades. Lack of independence of the judiciary, accountability and transpar-
ency in the affairs of the State is a significant impediment to good governance
implementation. The human rights situation remains unsatisfactory. One of the
pressing problems of governance is the politicisation of the public bureaucracy,
which adversely affects states performance. Notably, President Ghani failed to
provide the country with a vision mission or to serve the nation with commitment
and dedication. Bad leadership style led to the state collapse on 15 August 2021,
as President Ghani fled the country and Taliban fighters captured the political
power in Afghanistan.
Keywords
Afghanistan, good governance, democracy, leadership failure, corruption
Article
Indian Journal of Public
Administration
70(4) 888–900, 2024
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1 Faculty of Public Policy and Administration, Balkh University, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
2 Mangalore University, Mangalagangotri, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
Corresponding author:
Farhad Sultani, Faculty of Public Policy and Administration, Balkh University, Mazar-i-Sharif,
Afghanistan.
E-mail: farhadsultani782@yahoo.com
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