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Afghanistan one year later

Behind the Money

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Afghanistan's Economy During the 20 Years of War

Nearly half of the country's 20 billion dollar g d p was from foreign fundang, can you describe what did that actually look like for afghanistan's economy during those 20 years of war? There's one person put it to me, t was a war economy, a the government and the armed forces. And the entire eco system was built around foreign aid and around military spending. So then last year, as the us Was pulling out, the talabon so quickly took control of the entire country.

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