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ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF EMERGING DEMOCRATIC RULE IN AFGHANISTAN
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The study reveals that the state of democracy in the Afghanistan is very poor. People generally do not trust their rulers and are waiting to get rid of terror of
Talibans, undemocratic ways of Pashtuns who treat every other ethnicity lesser than themselves. Despite of all these weak points of democracy, whatever little
freedoms people have got has shown that people are being benefited from increased economic activity. The survey has shown that all among categories, the
standard of living of people has improved under the present brief democratic rule. The existing ruling party should plan to conduct the free and fair elections to
strengthen the faith of people in democracy.
KEYWORDS
Afghanistan, economic benefits, democratic rule.
JEL CODE
P21, P24, P30.
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