Afghanistan is a country that has more than 50 officially registered parties and numerous more movements occupying its political landscape. Political parties are supposed to be domestic agents that shape and reflect the political will of a people. But in Afghanistan, there is a de facto connection and identification void between people and parties. Coming from a family background that places a lot of importance on political parties for political systems and having grown up in countries like India, Germany and Austira - strong and stable democracies -where the role of political parties in the course of their history and present day politics has been significant, I have often asked myself why is it that Afghans identify so little with political parties even though the spectrum of parties is so wide?