Bloody Weekend in Afghanistan - Audio Clip

MARK COLVIN: But Afghanistan is preparing for a pullout of most of the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) forces over the next year or two. And what about the financial effects of all that? You've done a study on that.
MATTHIEU AIKINS: International spending in Afghanistan is the largest component of Afghan GDP, it's almost equal to the entire country's production. And that's set to decline dramatically over the next two years, just as the international community's level of troop deployment and programming is also set to decline. So that's obviously going to have serious effects for Afghanistan's economy. AUDIO LINK