Afghan Economy in Dire Straits As Investors Flee

Another failure for NATO to add to those in the military and drugs contexts.
Economic growth fell through a cliff this year, touching a low of 3 per cent from around 14 per cent in 2012, with aid and investment in the war-ravaged country seeing an inexorable exodus.
The timing is largely to blame, observers say — the year 2014 has come to symbolise a feared bogeyman for many Afghan businesses. LINK