Read Ebook: The Destruction of the Greek Empire and the Story of the Capture of Constantinople by the Turks by Pears Edwin

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Political pressure groups and leaders:

other: religious groups; tribal leaders

International organization participation:

ADB, CP, ECO, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO , ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OSCE , SAARC, SACEP, SCO , UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Diplomatic representation in the US:

chief of mission: Ambassador Said Tayeb JAWAD chancery: 2341 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: 483-6410 FAX: 483-6488 consulate general: Los Angeles, New York

Diplomatic representation from the US:

chief of mission: Ambassador William B. WOOD embassy: The Great Masood Road, Kabul mailing address: U.S. Embassy Kabul, APO, AE 09806 telephone: 0700 108 001 FAX: 0700 108 564

Flag description:

three equal vertical bands of black , red, and green, with the national emblem in white centered on the red band and slightly overlapping the other two bands; the center of the emblem features a mosque with pulpit and flags on either side, below the mosque are numerals for the solar year 1298 ; this central image is circled by a border consisting of sheaves of wheat on the left and right, in the upper-center is an Arabic inscription of the Shahada below which are rays of the rising sun over the Takbir , and at bottom center is a scroll bearing the name Afghanistan

Economy Afghanistan

Economy - overview:

Afghanistan's economy is recovering from decades of conflict. The economy has improved significantly since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 largely because of the infusion of international assistance, the recovery of the agricultural sector, and service sector growth. Real GDP growth exceeded 7% in 2007. Despite the progress of the past few years, Afghanistan is extremely poor, landlocked, and highly dependent on foreign aid, agriculture, and trade with neighboring countries. Much of the population continues to suffer from shortages of housing, clean water, electricity, medical care, and jobs. Criminality, insecurity, and the Afghan Government's inability to extend rule of law to all parts of the country pose challenges to future economic growth. It will probably take the remainder of the decade and continuing donor aid and attention to significantly raise Afghanistan's living standards from its current level, among the lowest in the world. International pledges made by more than 60 countries and international financial institutions at the Berlin Donors Conference for Afghan reconstruction in March 2004 reached .9 billion for 2004-09. While the international community remains committed to Afghanistan's development, pledging over billion at three donors' conferences since 2002, Kabul will need to overcome a number of challenges. Expanding poppy cultivation and a growing opium trade generate roughly billion in illicit economic activity and looms as one of Kabul's most serious policy concerns. Other long-term challenges include: budget sustainability, job creation, corruption, government capacity, and rebuilding war torn infrastructure.

GDP :

billion

GDP :

.842 billion

GDP - real growth rate:

GDP - per capita :

,000

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 38% industry: 24% services: 38% note: data exclude opium production

Labor force:

Labor force - by occupation:

agriculture: 80% industry: 10% services: 10%

Unemployment rate:

Population below poverty line:

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Budget:

revenues: 5 million expenditures: .6 billion note: Afghanistan has also received 3 million from the Reconstruction Trust Fund and million from the Law and Order Trust Fund

Fiscal year:

Inflation rate :

Central bank discount rate:

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

Stock of money:

.426 billion

Stock of quasi money:

8.6 million

Stock of domestic credit:

.06 million

Agriculture - products:

opium, wheat, fruits, nuts; wool, mutton, sheepskins, lambskins

Industries:

small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, cement; handwoven carpets; natural gas, coal, copper

Industrial production growth rate:

NA%

Electricity - production:

Electricity - consumption:

Electricity - exports:

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