Government
The constitution of 1987 was suspended in 1992, when a rebel movement took control of the country. In 1996, a Council of Ministers was established by the ruling Taliban to run the country according to Islamic law. After the Taliban lost power in 2001, an interim administration was established. In 2004 a loya jirga, or grand council, drafted and adopted a democratic constitution for the country. The first presidential elections under the new constitution were held later that year.
