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Overview/Background

After decades of war, Afghanistan is moving towards a more secure, stable, and prosperous future. With support from the U.S. government and the international community, Afghanistan has made tremendous gains in the past 15 years.

Significant challenges still remain. According to the World Bank, 39 percent of Afghans live in poverty and unemployment remains high.  Roughly 55 percent of the population is under age 20 and an estimated 400,000 young Afghans enter the labor market each year.  According to the United Nations World Food Programme, nearly one-third of the population is food insecure and many still lack access to basic services.  Thousands of children still lack access to education and suffer from chronic malnutrition.

USAIDs goal in Afghanistan is to promote a stable, inclusive, and increasingly prosperous country. During the past decade, Afghanistan has made remarkable development gains thanks to the whole-of-government efforts of the United States, the international partners, the Afghan government, and the Afghan people. The key elements of USAID strategy going forward call for sustaining the significant achievements in health, education, and for women; stimulating agriculture-led economic growth and fiscal sustainability; and supporting legitimate and effective Afghan governance.

Our Mission:

On behalf of the American people, we promote and demonstrate democratic values abroad, and advance a free, peaceful, and prosperous world. In support of America's foreign policy, the U.S. Agency for International Development leads the U.S. Government's international development and disaster assistance through partnerships and investments that save lives, reduce poverty, strengthen democratic governance, and help people emerge from humanitarian crises and progress beyond assistance.

Our objective is to support partners to become self-reliant and capable of leading their own development journeys. We make progress toward this by reducing the reach of conflict, preventing the spread of pandemic disease, and counteracting the drivers of violence, instability, transnational crime and other security threats. We promote American prosperity through investments that expand markets for U.S. exports; create a level playing field for U.S. businesses; and support more stable, resilient, and democratic societies. We stand with people when disaster strikes or crisis emerges as the world leader in humanitarian assistance.