Because Afghanistan is not a developed country, where it was the crossroads of great empires: Alexander the Great, Persian Empire, Genghis Khan, British empires, Soviet Union. Afghanistan is a country with a truly complex history, located in South Asia and is often called the crossroads of Central Asia. The country is made up of different ethnicities of people who speak different languages. Afghanistan occupied by the British and Soviet armies. The Soviet Union and the British empires sent more than thousands of troops and immediately took political and military control. The 1979 invasion of the Soviet Union and civil war destroyed much of the infrastructure and normal economic activity. Afghanistan has lost domestic products due to losses in manpower, transportation and trade. Development is held back due to the invasion of various empires, civil war, corruption and poverty. Afghanistan is today one of the poorest countries in the world. In 1930 Afghanistan began a development program with a weak economy. The government established banks and introduced paper money. The government established universities and schools and sent students abroad to study. When the Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan, it destroyed the cities. They used such dangerous weapons and killed so many people. More than four million people have migrated to other countries and left their homes. Much of the Afghan population is facing so many problems due to two decades of war; these include shortages of housing, clean water, electricity, health services, education and jobs, weak governance and insecurity. The war has brought a lot of poverty to Afghanistan. The family's income is only $200, the lowest income in the world. This involved more than 20% percent…half of the paper…going to schools and education centers. Afghans who have migrated to other countries are now moving back. 60,000 ex-combatants were demobilized. “Yet violence and lack of security remain the most crucial concern in Afghanistan” ( Afghanistan ). The economy, which had recorded negative growth, is slowly recovering but remains dependent on revenue from illegal opium. (Afghanistan). Works Cited “ Afghanistan: History .” web April 12, 2014 http://globaledge.msu.edu/countries/afghanistan/history “Afghanistan: Economy.” Web 12 April 2014 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html “AfghanMDGs-ProgressataGlance”. Web 19.April.2014 www.undp.org.af/MDGs/AfghanMDGs-ProgressataGlance.pdf‎ “Prospects for Afghanistan”. web 14.April. 2014https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1952-54v11p2/d905