ASSESSMENTS
Afghanistan Prepares for a Financial Future Without the U.S.
Dec 11, 2019 | 10:30 GMT
(WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)
Highlights
- A U.S.-Taliban peace deal will pave the way for intra-Afghan negotiations aimed at ending the country's conflict.
- Kabul's lack of domestic revenues will require Washington to continue funding security and reconstruction operations in Afghanistan well beyond 2020.
- Accordingly, the United States wishes to end the conflict to grow Afghanistan's $20 billion economy so the country can generate more domestic revenues and gradually wean itself off international funding.
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