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Afghanistan has remained an area of instability in Asia for more than 40 years and the issue of the conflict settlement has reached the international level. The NATO operation in 2001 and the removal of the Taliban Government led to creation a new political system in Afghanistan and elaboration of a relevant foreign policy. The article analyzes conceptual approaches of the Afghan government after 2001 and its practical realization in the context of the remaining tribalism, clientelism, ethnic and sectarian division in Afghan society. The authors conclude that the current foreign policy of Afghanistan is caused by and interlinked with the internal conditions, which are inherent in Afghanistan’s modern political system. For instance, the authors mean the Taliban revival and a chronic dependence of Afghanistan on foreign aid. These factors determine the priorities of the foreign policy, which is guided by the primacy of cooperation with the Western countries.