Conventional long form: Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan
Conventional short form: Afghanistan
Local short form: Afghanestan
Former: Republic of Afghanistan
Local long form: Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan
Note: following the Taliban's refusal to hand over Usama bin LADIN to the US for his suspected involvement in the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the US, a US-led international coalition was formed; after several weeks of aerial bombardment by coalition forces and military action on the ground, including Afghan opposition forces, the Taliban was ousted from power on 17 November 2001; in December 2001, a number of prominent Afghans met under UN auspices in Bonn, Germany, to decide on a plan for governing the country; as a result, the Afghan Interim Authority (AIA) - made up of 30 members, headed by a chairman - was inaugurated on 22 December 2001 with a six-month mandate to be followed by a two-year Transitional Authority (TA), after which elections are to be held; the structure of the follow-on TA was announced on 10 June 2002, when the Loya Jirga (Grand Assembly) convened establishing the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan (TISA), which has 18 months to hold a Loya Jirga to adopt a constitution and 24 months to hold nationwide elections
Chief of state: President of the TISA, Hamid KARZAI (since 10 June 2002); note - presently the president and head of government
Head of government: President of the TISA, Hamid KARZAI (since 10 June 2002); note - presently the president and head of government
Cabinet: the 30-member TISA
Elections: nationwide elections are to be held by June 2004, according to the Bonn Agreement
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