The
Bonn Agreement (officially the
Agreement on Provisional Arrangements in Afghanistan Pending the Re-Establishment of Permanent Government Institutions) was the initial series of agreements passed on December 5, 2001 and intended to re-create the State of
Afghanistan following the
U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in response to the
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Since no nationally agreed-upon government had existed in Afghanistan since 1979, it was felt necessary to have a transition period before a permanent government was established. A nationally agreed-upon government would require at least one
loya jirga to be convened; however, in the absence of law and order in the wake of the rapid victory of
American and
Afghan Northern Alliance forces, immediate steps were felt to be required.