High fuel and food prices have made life miserable, especially for the low-income families that constitute about 60-70 percent of Afghanistan's population. In a few weeks, there will be a hard winter in Afghanistan and some of the provinces would not be accessible through land routes. Prices of foods and items used for heating purpose in the winter have already gone up.

The government has failed to properly defend its position in regards to poor control over soaring prices. According to the government it is an open market and factors like demand and supply specify the prices. But it is not seen as a good excuse and people think the government is trying to escape its responsibilities towards the problems they face ahead of the hard and dry winter.

In the post-Taliban government, the concept of free market has significantly assisted the business activities in Afghanistan. The private sector has had a noteworthy growth. However, certain business mafias have taken this as an opportunity to boost up their income by holding the control of supplies of food and non-food items in their own hand. They, now, can fix the prices in market according to their own wish.

Although Afghanistan's economy has had constant growth in the last decade, it has failed to benefit the poor section of the society. Our economy has been unable to create job opportunities. This has doubled the problems borne by the vicious circle of poverty. A major portion of Afghan population is formed by youths. Most of these are uneducated and unskilled. But finding employment is a difficult task even for educated Afghans including fresh university graduates.

Poverty, unemployment and high inflation rate cause hundreds of thousands of Afghans to go astray every year. They travel, mostly illegally, in search of jobs to neighboring and other countries of the world. Most of the times their attempts to cross borders without having valid travel documents cost them their lives. But Afghans never give up as for majority of Afghans illegally entering into foreign countries is the only option of finding a source of income for their families.

The growing graph of inflation in Afghanistan is majorly because of its high dependency on other countries. Afghanistan has become an attractive market for near-by countries to export their products ranging from basic necessities to luxurious goods, heavy machinery, etc. This dependency needs to be reduced. Unfortunately, the government has failed to even make a proper plan for this in the last ten years.