The Conflict in Afghanistan from the Standpoint of Ethnopolitics: Historical Background and the Current State of the Problem
The article examines the ethnopolitical aspects of the conflict in Afghanistan from the point of view of history and modern realities: the formation of Afghanistan’s sovereignty, the traditionally multiethnic nature of the country’s population, the ethnopolitical specifics of Afghanistan, the role of ethno-confessional and ethno-linguistic factors, the political activity of the main ethnic groups.