Revista Internacional de Economía y Ciencias de la Gestión

The Effects of Unemployment on Afghanistan War

Abstract

Abdul Fatah Fayeq

Unemployment means the number of jobless people in a country. Those people who have the energy and ability of a job and want to do the job, but he/she cannot find the job to meet their basic needs or it's the situation in which someone in the age of working but unable to get full time employment unfortunately, Afghanistan is one of those countries with the highest unemployment rate around the world. According to the World Bank research in 2019, the unemployment rate in Afghanistan was 11.12%. In 2020 and 2021, the unemployment rate got increased, which harms the purchasing power of civilians. People need a job if there is no job; they try to find other ways to survive; in Afghanistan, there are many terrorist groups like, Taliban, Al-Qaida, Dahesh (ISIS), Haqqani network, smugglers, etc. These groups welcoming the youths, and they pay money for them. It's an excellent opportunity for terrorism and smugglers to hire youth and teenagers to fight for them and their goals. From 2004 up to 2021, the unemployment rate is gradually increasing day by day, and the security situation also is getting worse; it shows unemployment and security interrelated; in villages, most people are jobless, which is why most of the villagers join these groups.