Afghan leaders who met at the December 2001 Bonn Conference which picked Hamid Karzai to lead the Afghan Transitional Authority also agreed that a Constitutional Loya Jirga should be convened to draft a new constitution.
The Emergency Loya Jirga of 2002 set up an Afghan Constitutional Commission, of 35 members, which sat from October 2002 until March 2003, prior to submitting their draft to President Karzai. That draft was made public in November 2003.
502 delegates were selected, via regional caucuses, to participate in the Constitutional Loya Jirga to debate, amend the draft.
In her thesis at the Naval Postgraduate School Zoe Sherman described the composition of the Constitutional Loya Jirga of 2002 as being unlike any previous Loya Jirga.
Ten committees were formed, each assigned to review specific articles. The Constitutional Loya Jirga sat from December 13, 2003, to January 4, 2004.
Committee One: 45 articles, chaired by Ustad Rabani
+ Committee One: 45 articles, chaired by Ustad Rabani honorific name location Mawlawi Abdurrahman Badakhshan Province Aborrashid Eshraqi Badakhshan Dr Anis Gol Akhgar Badakhshan Prof Burhanoddin Rabbani Badakhshan Abdul Qasim Kapisa Ghawsoddin Samangan Mohammad Akram Sharafat Laghman Padshah Zabul Mohammad Esmael Saifi Nimroz Mohammad Azam Dadfar Jowzjan Sajjad Mohseni Bamyan Abdul Wahed Parwan Hajji Mohammad Sadeq Urozgan Hajji Abdul Qayum Konduz Hajji Marhaba Ghazni Province Mohammad Usman Tariq Logar Bashir Ahmad Logar Mohammad Rafiq Faryab Aqa Karim Watanyar Faryab Hajji Mohammad Musa Farah Mir Abdurrahan Takhar Mohammad Ashraf Balkh Sayd Nasruddin Mohseni Balkh Hajji Shahzada Helmand Mohammad Eshaq Paktika Hafizollah Baghlan Eng Abdul Ghaws Nangarhar Dawlat Khan Herat Mohammad Daud Herat Hajji Nurollah Khan Tokhi Kandahar Mohammad Yunos Nurzai Kandahar Dr Hayatollah Kandahar Abdul Munir Danesh Kabul Province Shakila Kabul Province Abdul Satar Kabul Province Jafar Rasuli Bamyan Hajji Dost Mohammad Sayd Naser Naderi Baghan Abdul Hakim Spin Farah Kabir Marzban Takhar Aryan Yun Nangarhar Tahera Daikondi, Urozgan Sima Joyonda Ghor Malali Joya Farah Gholam Faruq Majroh Herat Shahla Abdul Qader Shaheda Bibi Saheba Bibi Amena
Committee Two: 27 articles, chaired by Ustad Sayaf + Committee Two: 27 articles, chaired by Ustad Sayaf honorific name location Abdul Wali Niazi Badakhshan Ahmad Hosayn Deneshyar Ghowr Khwaja Gholam Ghaws Kapisa Amir Mohammad Samangan Sultan Mohammad Zabul Prof Abdurrab Rasul Sayyaf Amir Hamza Nuristan Amanollah Nimroz Mohammad Omar Makhdum Jowzjan Mohammad Daud Bamian Mir Hamidollah Parwan Abdul Qayum Karzai Urozgan Qari Rahmatollah Konduz Sediq Chakari Kabul Province Khodadad Erfani Ghazni Abdul Hafiz Mansur Kabul Province Abdul Ghani Ghazni Dr Asadollah Logar Abdul Ahad Faryab Sardar Elmrad Arghon Faryab Gholam Mahyoddin Farah Eng Abdullah Takhar Mohammad Gol Yunosi Balkh Sayd Ebrar Balkh Hafizollah Haqyar Helmand Mohammad Anwar Eshaqzai Helmand Daud Shah Paktika Abdul Jalil Baghlan Sayd Jamal Nangarhar Hajji Daud Arsalaiee Nangarhar Hamayun Shinwari Nangarhar Abdul Zaher Alizai Herat Hajji Ali Badshah Khost Eng Abdul Salam Kandahar Obaidollah Obaid Kabul Province Fazl Karim Aimaq Kabul Province Sayd Anwar Rahmati Kabul Province Gholam Rabani Nasher Kabul Province Mawlawi Nazar Mohammad Kabul Province Mastura Stanekzai Logar Hajji Hayatollah Mawlawi Khodaidad Herat Abdullatif Jalali Ghazni Nadera Wardak Maidan Wardag Masuda Ahmadi Sharifa Azimi Soraya Ahadi Wazir Bai Tabiba Taheri Nafas Gol Khedmat Farah
Committee Three: 21 articles, chaired by Ahmad Nabi Muhammadi
+ Committee Three: 21 articles, chaired by Ahmad Nabi Muhammadi honorific name location Nazri Mohammad Niromand Badakhshan Fazl Ahmad Ghowr Abdul Wahab Kapisa Azizollah Rozi Samangan Hajji Gholam Saifollah Zabol Ahmad Nabi Mohammadi Logar Mohammad Tamim Nuristani Nurestan Faizollah Zaki Jowzjan Abdulhai Ashir Jowzjan Ali Mohammad Bamian Hajji Khair Mohammad Sar-e Pol Abdul Hakim Nurzai Urozgan Shafiqa Konduz Abdul Hakim Ghazni Mawlawi Shahzada Shahed Khas Konar Faizollah Qadri Fariab Tajoddin Takhar Mohammad Yaqub Takhar Omarqul Balkh Abdul Hadi Helmand Sayd Omar Helmand Mir Mohammad Agha Baghlan Khalil Ahmad Baghlan Malek Qais Nangarhar Hajji Abdurraof Mokhles Herat Ebrahim Koshki Herat Hajji Besmellah Gol Khost Khaled Ahmad Pashtun Kandahar Dr Samiollah Kabul Province Hajji Nazar Mohammad Kabul Province Mohammad Alem Anis Kabul Province Ustad Saifi Kabul Province Mohammad Rauf Mehdi Kabul Province Hajji Gol Ahmadzai Afghan refugees in Pakistan Mohammad Esmael Qasemyar Ghazni Gen Abdurrashid Dostum Maymana Saifora Niazi Balkh Mohammad Gol Kochai Ghazni Nasima No province Adam Khan No Province Nasifa Nasif Maidan Wardag Mawlawi Halim Jan Golalalai Abdul Jabar Naimi Zarghona Momena Yarui Simin Samea Mohammad Ehsan Fayaz Shirin Mohseni Zakia
Committee Four: 38 articles, chaired by Mohammad Tahir
+ Committee Four: 38 articles, chaired by Mohammad Tahir honorific name location Dawlat Mohammad Jawshan Badakhshan Kamaloddin Ghowr Eslamoddin Mangal Paktia Abdurrauf Samangan Dr Abdullah Laghman Hajji Nazar Zabol Suleman Hamed Badghis Mohammad Esmael Jowzjan Eng Ahmad Jowzjan Ahmad Salangi instead [sic] Abdul Satar Parwan Ustad Mohammad Asef Parwan Sayd Hasan Safaee Sar-e Pol Dr Abdullah Urozgan Salem Bakhtyar Konduz Mohammad Sunzur Ghazni Qazi Abdul Satar Konar Mohammad Hasan Kohzad Fariab Gholam Rabani Takhar Zaidollah Maidan Wardag Gholam Faruq Balkh Jan Mohammad Balkh Abdul Ahad Helmand Nader Khan Katawazi Paktika Amroddin Baghlan Hajji Mirwais Nangarhar Eng Abdul Ghafar Nangarhar Socha Gol Nangarhar Mohammad Rafiq Shahir Herat Nazir Ahmad Herat Mohammad Taher Khost Abdul Salam Kandahar Abdul Shkur Waqef Hakimi Kabul Province Habiba Kabul Province Gholam Rabani Formoli Kabul Province Mollah Ezatollah Kabul Province Sayd Abdul Qayum Sajadi Ghazni Golalali Jabarkhel Afghan refugees in Pakistan Mohammad Asef Sayd Hasan Safavi Dr Abdullah Nosh Afarin Ghowr Dr Arefa Masuda Karokhi Eng Maliha Sher Ahmad Halima Ghazal Zia Kakar Laghman Hasina Nasrollah Khan
Committee Five: 35 articles, chaired by Ayatullah Muhsini
+ Committee Five: 35 articles, chaired by Ayatullah Muhsini honorific name location Amanollah Paiman Badakhshan Atta Mohammad Ghowr Anwar Khan Paktia Hakamoddin Samangan Ayatollah Mohammad Asef Mohseni Mohammad Shah Shafiq Mowlawi Abdul Hanan Nurestan Jamahir Mohammad Jowzjan Pir Sayd Ahmad Gelani Gholam Yahya Parwan Jawad Saadat Sar-e Pol Sayd Mohammad Urozgan Eng Mohammad Khan Konduz Mir Abdullah Alemi Ghazni Hajji Misl Khan Konar Dr Ezatollah Fariab Abdul Khair Takhar Torbor Ghotak Maidan Wardag Hajji Mohammad Musa Hotak Maidan Wardag Dr Mehyoddin Mehdi Kabul Province Sher Mohammad Majlesi Balkh Khwaja Sher Padshah Qeyam Kabul Province Abdul Qayum Balkh Hajji Abdul Qader Helmand Hajji Mahmud Paktika Mohammad Yunos Baghlan Amanollah Nangarhar Faridol Khan Nangarhar Mohammad Saleh Saljoqi Herat Sayd Mohammad Hosayn Hosayni Herat Khaki Jan Khost Hajji Mohammad Mokhtar Kandahar Mohammad Shoaib Kabul Province Ahmad Shah Kabul Province Sher Alam Bahador Kabul Province Moslema Kabul Province Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai Kabul Province Gholam Reza Kabul Province Amanollah Hamraiee Takhar Hajji Mohammad Rasul Jowzjan Dawajan Kochai Najia Zarah Ali Ghazal Kohi Rahela Jama. Nafisa Sadeqi Hasina Mokhles Hayat Bibi Qamar Mohammad Zaman
Committee Six: 22 articles, chaired by Maulowi Gul Muhammad
+ Committee Six: 22 articles, chaired by Maulowi Gul Muhammad. honorific name location Abdul Basir Eshrat Badakhshan Abdullah Rahimi Ghowr Dr Wali Mohammad Paktia Asadollah Laghman Habibollah Zowran Badghis Hazrat Sebghatollah Mojadedi Kabul Province Mohammad Malik Nurestan Gol Ahmad Paiman Sheberghan Hajji Mohammad Parwan Mawlawi Mohammad Akbar Sar-e Pol Gholam Hosayn Shafaq Sar-e Pol Mohammad Amin Konduz Khan Shirini Konduz Mowlawi Gol Mohammad Khan Ghazni Mohammad Naim Ghazni Mohammad Aslam Khas Konar Norullah Musib Fariab Mohammad Hasan Takhar Mohammad Daud Ghairat Maidan Wardag Mohammad Yaqub Balkh Hajji Abdul Ghafur Balkh Hajji Nazar Gul Paktika Hajji Abdul Ghafar Baghlan Abdullah Nangarhar Mohammad Zaher Khan Nangarhar Abdul Ghani Mawlawi Zada Herat Sediqollah Khost Ahmad Wali Achekzai Kandahar Masuda Jalal Kabul Province Hajji Mohammad Hashem Mehdi Kabul Province Sheikh Mohammad Ebrabhim Mohseni Kabul Province Dost Mohammad Kabul Province Dr Ahmad Shah Farhat Kandahar Mari Rokhshani Nimroz Amanollah Khan Naseri Zabol Sahera Sharif Mohad Taye Nuria Wesal Moslema Habiba Hawa Nuri Fatema Mahbuba Saleha Mohammad Wais Chrik Singham Jamila Mojahed Nazanin Jabar Khel Safia
Committee Seven: 40 articles, chaired by Dr. Mashahed
+ Committee Seven: 40 articles, chaired by Dr. Mashahed honorific name location Abdul Wahab Badakhshan Mohammad Ghowr Mamur Fazl Rahman Paktia Mokaram Khan Laghman Gholam Rasul Badghis Mohammad Saleh Rasekh Jowzjan Mohammad Tawus Parwan Mohammad Nabi Sadri Sar-e Pol Sayd Faruq Omar Konduz Mohammad Akbari Mohammad Amin Konduz Mohammad Taher Ghazni Mohammad Rahim Konar Temor Shah Faizi Farah Mohammad Sarwar Osmani Farah Mir Mohammad Wali Takhar Amanollah Maidan Wardag Mohammad Rasul Ahmadi Balkh Abdul Ghani) Balkh Saifol Maluk Helmand Mohammad Nawab Paktika Mohebollah Baghlan Hajji Mohammad Daud Nangarhar Gol Mohammad Nangarhar Rohol Amin Sher Nangarhar Abdullah Mawlawi Zada Herat Hajji Raz Mohammad Khost Mohammad Akbar Marufi Kandahar Razia Naimi Kabul Province Gholam Daud Kabul Province Nurollah Kabul Province Dr Mohammad Wahid Binesh Kabul Province Padshah Mir Afghan refugees in Pakistan Hajji Khair Mohammad Eshaqzai Sar-e Pol Wali Mohammad Helmand Dr Moshaher Takhar Moslema Badakhshan Sara Sorkhabi Fariab Rahima Baghlan Zeb Nesa Takhar Maria Sazawar Balkh Hanifa Aminpor Aybak Homaira Golshani Sar-e Pol Safia Sediqi Dr Khadija Paktika Fawzia Bamian Farida Nimroz Samiolhaq Representative of the disabled Mohammad Ihsan Fayaz Representative of the disabled
Committee Eight: 46 articles, chaired by Ustad Farid
+ Committee Eight: 46 articles, chaired by Ustad Farid honorific name location Dr Abdul Wodud Badakhshan Abdul Aziz Ghowr Zinolabedin Farid Kapisa Mamur Abdurrahman Paktia Qazi Abdul Jabar Laghman Hajji Mohammad Anwar Badghis Mohammad Omar Nimroz Ali Jan Jamal Ghazni Allah Berdi Jowzjan Mohammad Sadeq Aliyar Bamian Mohammad Sarwar Jawadi Bamian Yar Mohammad Parwan Faizollah Faiaz Sar-e Pol Abdul Qader Adalat Khwah Konduz Ahmad Wali Masud Mowlana Abdurrahman Ghazni Mohebollah Samim Ghazni Hajji Sayd Ahmad Konar Mohammad Tareq Fariab Abdul Samad Sediqi Farah Abdul Motaleb Takhar Hajji Nek Mohammad Shah Nuri Maidan Wardag Gholam Hosayn Balkh Sado Khan Helmand Aref Khan Paktika Abdul Karim Baghlan Malek Nazir Nangarhar Hajji Rohollah Nangarhar Hajji Shahpur Nangarhar Ahmad Shah Shahrukhi Herat Mohammad Sayd Herat Azizollah Wasefi Kandahar Ahmad Wali Karzai Kandahar Hajji Ahmad Shah Kandahar Yar Mohammad Kabul Province Sultan Mohammad Kabul Province Sher Shah Kabul Province Fetema Fatemi Kandahar Fazl Rahman Afghan refugees in Kohat, a place in Pakistan Wali Mohammad Paktika Khatib Saheb Konduz
Committee Nine: 36 articles, chaired by Hashmat Ghani Ahmadzai
+ Committee Nine: 36 articles, chaired by Hashmat Ghani Ahmadzai honorific name location Wali Hotak Kandahar Mohammad Baqer Sheikh Zada Kabul Province Hajji Bedar Kabul Province Hafizollah Nurestani Kabul Province Sayd Golab Wadan Kabul Province Hajji Janat Gol Kabul Province Sediqa Mobarez Maidan Wardag Abdul Naser Shafiq Afghan refugees in Pakistan Sardar Abdul Wali Khan Hajji Mohammad Sediq Kochi Rangina Habiba Wahaj Piri Gol Badakhshan Nader Hayat Borhani Samangan Halima Soraya Paikan Sharifa Sadozai Soraya Parlika Hashmat Ghani Ahmadzai
Committee Ten: 29 articles, chaired by Maulowi Syd Muhammad Hanif