During the era of transition till now, Afghanistan has been making steady progression in the form of growth. The Bonn Conference (2001) established in gesticulation a series of policy frameworks by introducing much operative civil service one of preferences of the Afghan government. The Afghan National Unity Government introduced reforms program so called “Realizing Self Reliance” in December 2014 as a result of Kabul and London Conferences upon Afghanistan by marking the commencement of “decade of transformation (2014-2025). This study is qualitative base and data was collected through secondary sources including various reports and newsletter from year 2002 to 2018 to attain the objective of this study. The current study review the local governance reforms in Afghanistan based on Afghan government and international donors. This study highlights the reforms made by Independent Administrative Reforms and Civil Services Commission (IARCSC) and Independent Directorate of Local Governance. They have presented numerous reforms policies, programs, laws, regulations, and projects to address the issues in local since its inception. Priority Restructuring and Reform (PRR) program are one of them which was announced by IARCSC to backing more salaries for the crew of government, Sub-¬? National Governance Policy of IDLG sanctioned by the cabinet in 2010, primer of District Delivery Program (DDP) by IDLG, and the National Priority Program (NPP) for Local Governance, and the NPP. These all emphases on refining local government in Afghanistan. The principal aim of NPP is to “strengthen and promote leadership, institutional, organizational, administrative and individual capacities for governance at both central and local levels to enable service delivery, economic growth, justice, stabilization and security”. These reforms will be applied by numerous government departments but the IARCSC grasps the central position in execution of NPP. The current study presents the policy recommendation at short term and long term at district and provincial level to accomplish the goal of growth and development. This study is very handful for the Afghan government’s official at central, provincial and district level that how to overcome various issues which exist at local governance level.
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To Cite this Article: Haqmal, M. A., Hamdard, N. M., & Shenwary, M. J. (2020). Assessing Public Administrative Reforms in Afghanistan. International Journal of Academic Research in Public Policy and Governance, 7(1), 79–90.
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