Afghanistan Face Sheet

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Afghanistan Economy

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Afghanistan is an extremely poor, landlocked and highly dependent on foreign aids, agriculture and trade with neighboring countries. However, Afghanistan’s economy is recovering from decades of conflict. It has improved significantly since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001. Real GDP growth exceeded 7 % in 2007.

Afghanistan’s mainstay is agriculture. The agricultural products they produce include opium, wheat, fruits, nuts, wool, mutton, sheepskin and lambskin.

Industries in Afghanistan includes small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, cement, hand woven carpet, natural gas, coal and copper. And their export partners are India 22.8%, Pakistan 21.8%, US 15.2%, UK 6.5% and Finland 4.4% as estimated on 2006.

Afghanistan

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Afghanistan is a culturally mixed nation, a crossroads between the East and the West, and has been an ancient focal point of trade and migration. It has an important geostrategical location, connecting South, Central and Southwest Asia.

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Afghanistan Face Sheet

Afghanistan Economy

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