Report on Citizenship Law: Afghanistan that “acquisition of the citizenship of the Republic of Afghanistan by one of a couple does not affect the citizenship of the other or of children who have reached the age of eighteen.” Voluntary and involuntary loss of citizenship were also outlined in the law. According to Article 33, involuntary deprivation could take place in the following cases: • If a person harmed the interests, credibility, reputation and security of Afghanistan through hostile acts; • If treason was committed against the people and country; • If the person served in the armed forces or a civilian organisation of a foreign state without permission from the Afghan authorities. The 1986 law on citizenship of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan was abolished in 1992 and replaced by the law on citizenship of the Republic of Afghanistan on 15 March 1992. In this law there were no major changes except for some formalities and administrative procedures for the renunciation of citizenship and conditions for voluntary renunciation and involuntary deprivation of citizenship. Under this law, an application for renunciation of citizenship was to be approved by parliament and signed by the president, while deprivation of citizenship could be decided through a final court verdict. Article 25 set out the cases in which an application for renunciation of citizenship could be rejected: 1) the applicant did not fulfil his or her obligations and responsibilities towards the government; 2) the applicant had financial responsibilities towards government institutions, social organisations and citizens, and non-fulfilment could harm these institutions and citizens; 3) the applicant was accused and convicted of a crime; and 4) renunciation of citizenship could harm national security. As for deprivation of citizenship, in Article 31 the law stipulated that deprivation of citizenship could take place in the case of persons who: 1) were convicted of a crime or treason against the homeland and people; and 2) were in the service of armed forces of a country which was at war with Afghanistan. The 1992 law was subsequently abolished and replaced with a law on citizenship of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on 11 June 2000, which will be in force until a new draft law on citizenship is approved by parliament, signed by the president and published in the Official Gazette. Therefore, it is important to note that no major changes occurred during the period 1964-2016. Afghan citizenship legislation still followed the legal principles adopted in the various previous legislative periods. The content of the current law is described below. 3. The current citizenship regime Cultural commonalities, social relations and political trends provide the grounds for foreign citizens to obtain a country’s citizenship through specific rules. Most states have developed rules and regulations for the acquisition and loss of citizenship because the issue of citizenship is at the core of the functioning of a modern state. As a member of the international community, Afghanistan updated its modes of citizenship and the rules for the acquisition and loss of it with the 1936 law on citizenship soon after its adoption of the 1930 RSCAS/GLOBALCIT-CR 2017/9 - © 2017 Author 7