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1 Afghanistan capitol kabul size 647,500 square kilometers slightly less than texas population 32.7 million

2 eradicating extreme poverty and hunger 17,351,339 Afghans live below the poverty line each spot represents one million people red represents the Afghans that live on less then $1 a day In the 1990s Afghanistan was in a state of unrest. Three opposed ethnic groups were participating in a devastating civil war. In 1996, an Islamic Fundamentalist group called the Taliban, took control. By this point the economy was demolished, and there was no government. As rulers of Afghanistan, the Taliban, allowed Osama Bin Laden and the Arab terrorist organization Al Queda to take refuge. In response to the 9/11 attacks the United States invaded Afghanistan and began is long-standing occupation, that is still in effect today. Recently this economy has had no chance for improvement. There are just as many children in the street, and just as many families struggling. Local militant groups, and a spike in violience has made any significant change improbable for quite some time. 6,600,000 million people go hungry everyday 40% of the population is unemployed Prices for wheat and all wheat products increased 90% in 2007, and 60% in That is a 150% increase.

3 acheive universal primary education only 28.1% of people in Afghanistan are considered literate 4/5 males are considered literate while only 1/5 females can read or write The education system in Afghanistan has gone from being somewhat non-existant in the 90s to nearly 53% of children in schools today. But the war and an increase in Taliban activity is threatening any more advances. 650 schools 14,595,539 children in Afghanistan thats over 22,000 kids per school only a tiny fraction ever recieved any form of education The occupation brought in significant international aid, improving the education system little by little. As school increased so did the attacks against them carried out by the Taliban. 9,500 schools 8 million children in school ratio of girls to boys is 3: Today In the early 2000s five higher education facilities opened. The Taliban in an effort to return the government to a Fundamentalist state bans females from schools Kabul University reopened in 2002, 24,000 students enrolled. In total, by 2007, seven universities were opperational, but only a total of 22,700 students currently attend any of these schools.

4 create gender equality and empower women Nearly every woman in Afghanistan is a practicing Muslim. In Islam, men and women are meant to be equal before God, and each have rights. From the mid 90s up until 2001, when the Taliban reigned, women were stripped of all rights they had held previously. Women were forbidden to work, they could nt even leave the house with out a male escort. Women were not allowed to see a male physician, and were required to cover their entire bodies, even their eyes. 1 in 3 women experience violence regularily New generations are finding it hard to come out of the oppressive way of life. Many women still choose to completely cover their bodies, and use an escort. And the war has not made the transition any easier. Today, since the introduction of a new interim government 30% of the leadership positions must be held by women. There are many women rising up against prejudice and fighting for the rights of women in Afghanistan. One of the oldest and most influential is the Revolutionary Association of Women in Afghanistan (RAWA). This organization, established in 1977, is an anti-fundamentalist, anti-american group that has brought together hundreds of women in Afghanistan. 50% of women under 16 are married By law, you must be 16 to get married.

5 reduce child mortality on average an Afghan women will give birth to 6 or 7 children one in five will die before reaching the age of five Before 2001, the number of women recieving prenatal care was less then 5%. In 2006 it reached a high of 30%. The country is struggling to keep this level of care available. Much of the medical attention is being directed towards the war effort. Due to the heavy military conflict most medical professionals left the country, and nearly every facility was closed. 1 medical facility for every 27,000 people in populated areas one facility would have to accommodate up to 300,000 people 1980s-1990s Physicians and 18 Nurses for every 100,000 people thats over 9,000 patients per doctor The most common reasons for child mortality is poor sanitation, and insufficient potable water supply.

6 improve maternal health 1,900 out of 100,000 times a woman will die giving birth in Afghanistan. Women in Afghanistan die giving birth for multiple reasons. There are currently only 144 proffesionals trained in Obstetric Care practicing in Afghanistan. Only 23% of women have ready access to clean water, and only 12% have adequate sanitation. Recently all available medical resources have been directed at those affected by the war. only 1 in 10 births will take place in a health facility, or about 89% Afghanistan s maternal death rate is one of the highest in the world. In 2004 the World Health Organization projected that Afghanistan s current health standing would not improve substantially for at least a decade.

7 combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases More common then HIV/AIDS, infectious and parasitic deseases, like malaria and protozeal diarrhea are pervasive. Less than 1% of the population is affected by HIV/AIDS Afghanistan is considered a hi-risk country for contracted the virus more rampantly in the future. It is estimated that over a million people in Afghanistan use narcotics regularily, intravenous drug use is a common way of contracting the virus. 25% of the population has no access to any health care Each dot represents one million people, the red are those affected by malaria. Because so many malaria cases go unreported it is estimated that up to 3 million are effected per year. The number of people affected as only recently started to decline with the introduction of nearly half a million mosquito nets, and more being shipped out from foreign supporters constantly. A five-year anti-malaria strategy is in affect, costing over $28 million. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria will fight the diseasese prevenatively as well as treating existing cases.

8 ensuring environmental sustainability In the 1980s and 1990s Afghanistan s heavily agriculturally based eeconomy suffered brutally due to the civil wars. Relieve has come more recently in the form of international aid. Afghanistan is the world largest producer of opium. And is known to participate heavily in what is called the black economy. 53% of Afghanistan s GDP was generated by opium production exports imports Afghanistans main resources include land, chrome, coal, copper, iron, salt,minerals,natural gas, oil. There is very little water available naturally. In the early 2000s a program was implemented that replaced illegal poppy fields with legal wheat fields. It seemed to be making progress, until 2006, when poppy output jumped 59%. And again in 2007 when it when up 34%

9 develop a global partnership for development Currently in Afghanistan an interim government has been put in place, with Hamid Karzai as the acting president. Due to the constant attacks from the Taliban, and resistance from local tribes, the government is estimated to only control 10% of the country. The Taliban has been able to conquear an estimated 30%, and the rest is ruled by local tribespeople. In 2007 Afghanistan qualified for World Bank assistand as part of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative. Due to an increase in poppy cultivation, the economy got a large boost during , which also increased local support of the Taliban. The Afghanistan Compact was signed in January 2006, with the hope to increase internation support of economic development, security, increased interest in human rights, and to decrease corruption and drug trafficking. The Compact was delegated to go through 2010.