Modern Political and Socio-Economic Situation in Afghanistan

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After several long decades of civil war Afghanistan since 2001 has been the main focus of attention not only of leading political and economic analysts and researchers around the world. Western political scientists have already dubbed Afghanistan as «a failed state» due to continuing instability and internal conflicts. Nevertheless, many experts consider this formulation to be an exaggeration because since 2001 the government has made some positive changes. Summarizing the results of the analysis, the author concluded that today Kabul faces a difficult task to improve the life of the population, which can be achieved by stabilizing the domestic situation and by economic development.

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Asef Naderi

Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Malik Asghar Square, Kabul, Afghanistan

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