Afghanistan

• Taliban


  • Central government difficult to maintain
  • By 1985, the Taliban gained control of the country
  • Taliban supported Bin Laden
  • Taliban has since regained control in 2021
• Conflicts


  • Constant conflict for 40 years
  • Different Sunni and Shia factions have led to conflicts
  • USSR invaded in 1979
  • USA supported Mujahideen
  • USSR withdrew by 1989
  • US invaded Afghanistsan
  • 47,000 Afghan civilians killed
• Poverty


  • 35% below poverty line
  • Opium most valuable export
• The UN in Afghanistan


  • Assisting Aghans lay the foundations for sustainable peace and development
  • Rebuilding roads and educational institutions
  • January - June 2020; 4.5m beneficiaries, 66,000 metric tons of food, $7.7m cash-based transfers
  • UN suspended Afghanistan's voting rights in May 2024