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King Zahir Shah: The Secular Legal System
King Zahir Shah, who gave precedence to the secular legal system over Shari’a law, overturned the Constitution of 1931 in 1964. The new Constitution viewed men and women equal, but there were only four women in the first parliament out of 216. In the late 1960s the changes was both support and opposed by the Afghan people. Many young people cam to Kabul to take advantage of expanded education, however others opposed the changes and fought for a return to Islamic values. the tension increase with the socialist and Islamist parties growing in strength. In 1873 his cousin and former minister Daoud suddenly overthrew Zahir Shah. Daoud tried to reduce the dependence on the Soviet Union and strengthen the link with the West and Iran. Daoud was not
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