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-- Afghanistan is one of the world's least developed countries, suffering from a "high infant mortality rate, low life expectancy rate, high prevalence of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, gastrointestinal diseases especially among children and a high rate of mortality among expectant mothers;"
-- the Karzai regime paid little more than lip service to an out-of-control problem;
-- "unemployment is rising and there is barely any effective social service system to deal with the great need for social service in the country;"
-- millions of refugees create an added burden;
-- most people live in abject poverty; and
-- war and occupation exacerbate everything, including pervasive fear, lack of security, and human suffering affecting everyone.
An IAS November 11, 2010 commentary cites power corrupting "the already corrupt system of government. All the powerful, or so-called leaders....claim that they have the solution up their sleeves to rectify the situation and put the country back on track. Yet it has been almost a decade since (America arrived) and there is still no security, no prosperity, no sound governance and hopes are eroding for a future that never comes," nor will it under conflict and US occupation.
Reliable statistics are hard to come by. Those available, however, make depressing reading:
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