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This Ph.D. dissertation owes a lot to the contributions of my beloved family, instructors, and friends. Foremost, I would like to conduct my sincere appreciation to my academic supervisors, Prof. Dr. Frank Ettrich, late Prof. Dr. Dietmar Herz and Dr. habil. Christian Wagner for their tireless academic guidance and moral support throughout this research project.

Taking the extremely hazardous situations in Afghanistan into consideration, I owe extensive gratitude to all my dear family members and friends who made the field research of this dissertation possible. My special appreciations go to my dear uncle, Eng. Hassan Nawab in the Herat province, and dear friends: Mirwais Arab in Bamyan, Nazar Hamdard in Balkh, Mustafa Manavi in Kandahar, Hewad Khogiani and Jahangir Khan Khogiani in Nangrahar and Eng. Hameed Muneeb Ibramkhil in Kabul, for accompanying me and facilitating accommodations and contacts during the field research.

I would also like to thank my sister-in-law, Parwana Khogiani, and dear friend Muneer Ahmad Daudzai for investing their time and energy in transcribing parts of the recorded interviews in Pashtu and Dari. I am also grateful to Abdul Hameed Sahak, a dear friend and at-the-time director of the Independent Commission for Overseeing and Implementation of the Constitution (ICOIC), for his constant encouragement and efforts in providing access to necessary documents and laws in Afghanistan for this research.

I would also like to thank Dr. Patricia Omidian and Nina Joy Lowrance, who have always been a sincere source of support, for putting me in contact with Ms. Anna Willman, a great scholar, editor, and author of several books. I owe immense appreciation to Ms. Anna Willman for her contribution to the editing process and her critical feedback and insightful comments on the contents of this dissertation.

This research project also owes a special thanks to the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung/Foundation (KAS) for providing generous financial stipends and academic seminars during the last four years. Last but not the least, I am obliged to my dear parents and family for their unconditional love, patience, and prayers throughout this research project. Indeed, without their support and encouragement, this Ph.D. dissertation would not have come into being.