Afghanistan’s Fragile Economic Stabilisation

Five years after the Taliban returned to power, Afghanistan’s economic and international position is far more contradictory than either the word of collapse or consolidation suggests. The economy has returned to growth after the shock that followed 2021. The Taliban administration has improved domestic revenue collection, dramatically reduced opium poppy cultivation, sought foreign investment in the country’s mineral resources and promoted regional infrastructure projects that could eventually turn Afghanistan into a transit state between Central and South Asia.

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