Afghanistan is a nation country very different images to different people. If I call out the name of Afghanistan anywhere, how would some people think about this country? The reply is obvious that most of the people will think about bloodsheds, combats, and a completely destroyed land. It is a fact that Afghanistan is not a developed country or even hardly a developed nation, but still there are a few people who can see some obvious progress in Afghanistan. It is a country which has gone under the invention and destruction of so many other foreign countries for over three decades. At first it was the British who came to Afghanistan in order to colonize India. Then Russia got hold of Afghanistan’s land and people’s thought for a different purpose, and finally it was the neighboring Taliban that left the country under developed. Therefore the country became a ground of wars and wars. In history, Afghanistan has been an industrialized country because everyone was happy and people used to live in peace. Now Afghanistan has changed a lot, even the people and the nature of this country has changed. This is all information my father has always shared with me. However, in recent history over a decade, Afghanistan has made some progress developments such as economic, social structure, and education. There are some obvious reasons that cause the pace and extent in the development of the country, and we can see some impediments to development in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan has developed in some obvious ways that most of the people can observe, and they understand the country well. There is the social development making some programs that started in 2002 and until now it helps people in many ways to provide for their livelihood-such as having a...
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Afghanistan is a country that has developed over a long period of time. In prehistoric times there were
I am used to being alone as my family has passed I have learned to cope with the losses that I will never pass
Recently Afghanistan has grown significantly in terms of its ability to care for itself. A national army and a developing police force are becomi...
Afghanistan; Taliban controlled, discrimination and love everywhere yet nowhere at the same time. It’s a nation where culture and tradition are of immense importance, especially to the older generation. Over 53% of Afghan population is below the poverty line, making the country one of the Earth’s poorest. Life would be lived on a day to day basis, not knowing if it’s safe to be outside, when...
...ving a government and a parliament system. Although Afghanistan still remains the poorest, they hope to get ride of that name.
In the past ten years the Afghan Government has been dealing with a number of issues that have caused problems for the country, problems such as illegal drug trade, terrorism and violence. But nowadays they are fighting a problem that has long existed between people, and quite recently has taken a whole new aspect to it. Ethnic conflict is the destructive factor that has caused problems between people for generations, often leading to fights, outbreak of violence and grudge between different ethnicities.
Council, H. P. (2012). Afghanistan's vision by 2015 . Kabul: High Peace Council law committee .