Her soil has not been tilled properly for many years for lack of water and men. Traditional crops and produce have decreased tremendously in the country of the Afghans. Trees, including those of the best fruit orchards in Central Asia, vineyards, apple groves and the like were cut during the long war and many completely destroyed either by the foreign enemy, the former Soviet troops, or by the warring factions. Industries were demolished. Workers were displaced.
Investors are now busy investing their money in foreign lands.
Communication and transportation system was damaged beyond recognition. Yet there is need for more money, more yield. The Taleban war machinery ate up money earned by the cultivation and taxation of opium. The land of the Afghans thus gained the dubious distinction of the largest producer of the illicit drug. It surpassed Myanmar in production of opium.