Economy

Economy Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries many years of war and instability have left the country in ruins and is dependent on foreign aid the countries best way to get income is agriculture. On good years for Afghanistan the country can provide enough for the population as well as make a surplus for export. The most grown food in afghanistan are corn,rice,barley,wheat,vegtables,fruits and nuts in afghanistan industry is also based on agriculture and pastoral raw materials the most grown industrial crops are cotton,tabacco,madder,castor beans and sugar beets. Sheep farming is also extremely valuable the major sheep exports are wool and highely priced karakul skins. Afghanistan is very rich with natural resoures there are many numerous minerals and valuable stone deposits as well as natural gas and yet untapped petroleum stores some of these resoures have been exploited while others have been relitavely unexploited.



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