Abstract:

Afghanistan a country that is rich in natural resources yet economically suffers unnecessarily. This paper presents the factors that contribute to its becoming a poor country in the South Asian Region. This paper uses content analysis of published books and journal articles that explore the socio-economic and political landscape of Afghanistan which shape the country today. This study finds that the internal factors which helped make the country unnecessarily economically challenged were lack of woman participation in the society, lack of access to education, and intertribal conflict among the locals while on the other hand, the external factors were the foreign occupation of the British, Soviets and the United States of America and its allies. Combined all together, Afghanistan became a country that is rich in natural resources yet suffers from economic setbacks unnecessarily.