Economic Performance and Challenges of Afghanistan

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Economic Performance and Challenges
Afghanistan
The government of Afghanistan is made up of the provincial governors, the national assembly, the council of ministers and the president who is the head of state and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The current president of Afghanistan is President Ashraf Ghani. The country has two vice presidents, Abdul Rashid Dostum, and Sarwar Danish. The politics of Afghanistan has been influenced by NATO specifically the United States in the last decades. The main objective of NATO is stabilizing and democratizing the country. Afghanistan is an Islamic republic, and it consists of three arms of government (legislative, judiciary, and executive). In 2014, President Ashraf Ghani replaced Hamid Karzai, who was accused of failing to get rid of corruption and production of illegal drugs in the country (Bizhan, 56). One of the major challenges facing Afghanistan government is centralization of powers. Centralization of powers has caused rapid corruption in the country which has become an obstacle to the economic development of the country. There is increased political instability, poor governance, abuse of power, and disenfranchisement of the citizens of Afghanistan.
The rise of insurgency and a fraught political transition have caused much insecurity of the future of Afghanistan. After the international military drawdown in 2014, the presence of the Taliban has increased in the country. Additionally, the Islamic state – Khorasan has traction in the country, especially in the eastern region districts. The National Unity Government (NUG) was created to prevent post-election violence in 2014, but the organization is currently faced with internal disagreements and dysfunctions that are undermining the capacity of the Afghan National defense and security forces to respond to revolt (Bizhan, 197). Also, the ability of the government to confront some vital governance, humanitarian and economic challenges is very weak. Those people who are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance like military casualties, civilian casualties and people who have been displaced because of conflicts have continued to increase.
The numbers of killings in Kabul were also very high during the first three months of 2017 compared to the previous years. Tackling the problem of insecurities in the country will require the leaders to address internal disagreements and a political partnership that infuses all the levels of security organizations and has undermined ANDSF. Intergovernme...