Preamble
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of Worlds; and Praise and Peace be upon Mohammad, His Last Messenger and his disciples and followers
We the people of Afghanistan:
Believing firmly in Almighty God, relying on His divine will and adhering to the Holy religion of Islam;
Realizing the previous injustices, miseries and innumerable disasters which have befallen our country;
Appreciating the sacrifices, historical struggles, jihad and just resistance of all the peoples of Afghanistan, admiring the supreme position of the martyrs of the country’s freedom;
Comprehending that a united, indivisible Afghanistan belongs to all its tribes and peoples;
Observing the United Nations Charter as well as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
And in order to:
Strengthen national unity, safeguard independence, national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country;
Establish an order based on the peoples’ will and democracy;
Form a civil society void of oppression, atrocity, discrimination as well as violence, based on rule of law, social justice, protecting integrity and human rights, and attaining peoples’ freedoms and fundamental rights;
Strengthen political, social, economic as well as defense institutions;
Attain a prosperous life and sound living environment for all inhabitants of this land;
And, eventually, regain Afghanistan’s appropriate place in the international family;
Have, herein, approved this constitution in accordance with the historical, cultural and social realities as well as requirements of time through our elected representatives in the Loya Jirga, dated January 3, 2004, held in the city of Kabul.
