In January 2020, the then-Republic of Afghanistan ... A year of Taliban rule sees Afghanistan’s economy in ruins and hope and security for Kabul’s residents in short supply.

Afghanistan's economy is "shaped by fragility and aid dependence ... to an average rate of 2.5% between 2015 and 2020. The drugs trade has been an important source of revenue for the Taliban ...

Afghanistan’s economy was deteriorating even before the ... Around 19 million Afghans lived below the poverty line in 2020, according to a United Nations Development Programme report from ...

Afghanistan produced an estimated 85% of the world’s opium in 2020, according to the latest United Nations figures. In 2018, the UN estimated that opium economy accounts for up to 11% of ...

The newly released Afghanistan Development Update report finds that Afghanistan’s economy has been hit hard by #COVID_19 pandemic. The report finds the country's economy is set to contract by between ...

The cutoff of dollar assets to Afghanistan’s dollarized economy is bringing economic activity ... the country increased by nearly 12 percent in 2020, and Beijing has interest in exploiting ...

WASHINGTON, December 4, 2024—The Afghan economy is showing signs of moderate ... civilian night-time lights remains sizably below its 2020 baseline in Parwan, Kapisa, Zabul and, notably, in Kabul.

and 2020. Our findings suggest that the cost of excluding women from education and work is significantly higher than previously estimated. According to our research, Afghanistan risks losing over ...

Months later, in February 2020, Trump signed an agreement with the Taliban to pave the way for a significant drawdown of U.S. troops in Afghanistan by the end of that year, in exchange for ...