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January 02, 2015

Afghanistan faces economic timebomb as NATO war ends
Kabul (AFP) Jan 02, 2015
The Taliban insurgency may still be raging but the poor state of the economy could pose a bigger threat to Afghanistan's long-term viability, and huge mineral reserves are unlikely to offer a quick fix. In Kabul's Sarayee Shahzada market, moneychangers wave thick bundles of Afghanis, dollars, rupees and dirhams, but the customers are not packing the alleyways like they used to and business is well down on two years ago. After a decade of near double-digit growth, the Afghan economy has stalled i ... read more

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