Editor in Chief: Moh. Reza Huwaida Tuesday, April 30th, 2024

Afghanistan’s Main Concerns

Since the ouster of Taliban, Afghanistan has been concerning over the problems which cause instability in the various brass tacks of the country. There are many issues lying still under discussion rather to be solved, these issues are showing a picture that suggests Afghanistan could be reverting back to a failed state. Few things which have been kept explaining to the international community are as under:

At first glance, we see that significant problems existed for the majority of Afghans. Sixty percent of the respondents had no electricity in their homes. Seven out of 10 Afghan adults have had no more than an elementary education. It doesn’t take much of a spark to change public opinion when the primary aspects of life - food, shelter, jobs - are in such an uncertain status. So, many of these kinds of difficulties are what the people have been facing in the present era.

What do people need? A clean and accountable government, food on the table, jobs. When they don’t get even those basic amenities; their faith in government declines. For this motive, Afghan officials are disturbed with some of the economic and security dealings here:

• Afghanistan’s against the drug economy (mostly opium and heroin) accounted for an estimated $2.4 billion, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Equivalent to 15 percent of the country’s licit GDP.
• Thousands of rural families benefit from opium poppy cultivation. Many of these participated in alternative livelihood programs since last couple of years, but expresses anger at short-term projects like clearing irrigation ditches that offer little stability.

• Thousands of students graduate from different colleges and universities each year, but nearly 70 percent of the population of Kabul is jobless, and there is almost no job creation to absorb these college graduates which is worth concerning. Our youth is our future we need to put our body and soul together to build their future so as to succeed in attaining the goals for a better future of the country.

• Aid groups are working in almost every district, but Afghan officials say that there are 21 provinces (out of 34) where it is unsafe to travel at night, either because of insurgency or crime. Most of the countries warn their citizens for security reasons to be watchful while traveling to any part of this country. No satisfaction and trust is shown on the security arrangements here. As said on numerous occasions that the ability of Afghan authorities to maintain order and ensure the security of citizens and visitors is limited....

Travel in all areas of Afghanistan is unsafe due to military operations, landmines, banditry, armed rivalry and the possibility of terrorist attacks, including attacks using vehicular or other Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), kidnapping and so and so forth." So the security is still a question mark for the foreign aid workers and NGOs even after more than a decade.

Whereas the urban and rural population of the country are faced with innumerable other problems as well, that is why country is not effectively contributing towards development.

As Afghanistan is considered to be in the countries of the third world, as this category is occupying almost the 2/3 of the world’s population. The third world countries are, therefore, confronted with financial and economic troubles and have to depend on foreign sources. That is why the combat to instability, along with increased multinational presence, is the best way for the Afghanistan‘s travel towards progress.
On the other hand if, God forbid, Afghanistan is declared a failed state then the international community will be more responsible rather than country’s government.