It is essential for a state to create job opportunities for its populace. Job opportunities would definitely enable the residents of a state to make positive use of their capabilities for betterment and development of a society. It is really important to understand that a state and its population are highly dependent on each other. It is difficult to imagine any of them living separately. As the state guarantees better life opportunities for its population, the population in return must, through thinking and action, strive to make the state stronger.
However, if the job opportunities in a state are limited and the unemployment is rampant, the consequences are really severe. Though unemployment in itself is a severe problem, it is also the root of many other problems. Unemployment is basically an injustice done to a population. It is basically the unavailability of jobs when there are people who have the required qualifications to be employed for different positions. Thus it is injustice, as the qualified people do not get what they deserve – a respectable profession to join so as to use their education and knowledge.
The people who spend a lengthy process of completing their education or acquiring particular skills should be absorbed by the job industry as soon as they are ready to work. Failure to provide such an opportunity may influence those people to a great extent. They, in order to live alive, need to earn a livelihood, which is threatened by unemployment; therefore, they seek to find out other ways of earning a livelihood. In the process they either join a profession that may not be of their choice or they may join illegal ways of earning, which would damage the society to a large extent.
Afghan society is one of the societies that have been haunted by the ghost of unemployment to a threatening degree. As the country has been largely dominated by different era of disorder and instability, the socio-economic infrastructure has not been developed much and as a result the job opportunities have always been limited. Though Afghan society is an agricultural society, the sector has not been able to absorb a large number of unemployed people. Mostly the people have been engaged in agricultural activities on personal basis and the sector has not been developed into an industry on modern grounds; therefore, the ones who own lands can benefit from them while the ones who do not own such lands are bound to remain out of work.
Undoubtedly, unemployment has done great damage to Afghan society. The people who have not been employed have mostly become the part of terrorist networks or the filthy business of narcotics, or even they have become addicted to drugs. As they do not have any other work to do or any way of making both ends meet they do not have much option but to join insurgency.
It is also feared that after the international forces withdraw from the country, the country would face major economic challenges. The financial support would also decrease for Afghanistan. One of the biggest challenges would be to create job opportunities for Afghan people. In absence of sufficient job opportunities, it would be really very difficult to maintain peace, tranquility and order. The international community and the Afghan authorities must make sure that they create enough jobs so as to save the country from falling into instability and economic crisis.
One of the major steps to guarantee job opportunities for Afghan society has been taken by British government. It announced on Friday, June 28 that it has plans of creating more than 50,000 new jobs for Afghan people, including men and women in different sectors, especially in business, agriculture and textile sectors. Department for International Development (DFID) mentioned in its annual operational plan for Afghanistan that the fresh commitment of creating jobs was built on the 20,000 employment opportunities created since 2011.
The Secretary for DFID Justine Greening said, “UK support in Afghanistan has already brought major improvements over the last 10 years. We have been clear that we will continue to stand alongside Afghans as they shape their country beyond military drawdown, with development funding already committed to 2017.”
Such commitments are really necessary for future of Afghanistan and it is also necessary that they must be fulfilled as well. The other strong countries having strategic agreements with Afghanistan must also pursue such intentions as it would be a major contribution in uprooting one of the main causes of instability. Afghan government, in the same regard, should make sure to keep such an intention as top priority matter if it is really interested in achieving peace and tranquility for Afghan people.
The role of economy is very much vital for a country. It, for a country, is as important as circulatory system within a human body. As without circulatory system blood cannot be pumped through different parts of the body, in the similar fashion without economy, money and other basic requirements of life cannot reach to different parts of a country. Most of the other systems in the country, like social and political systems are highly dependent on the economic system. There are few thinkers who even believe that the nature and characteristics of others systems are determined by the structure of the economic setup. Therefore, it is vital that all the countries in the world must maintain strong economy so as to have stability and integrity. And the economic system can only be strengthened when the capable and skilled individuals must participate in strengthening the economic system. Especially the youngsters who get qualified from universities they must be give opportunities to present and use their skills in the profession of their choice and interest. Young blood equipped with determination and patriotism can definitely play a significant role; all they need is equitable treatment from the prevailing system. Moreover, equal jobs must be created for girls and women as well as they can play a tremendous role in improving Afghan economic system.