But the Afghan budget is more than five times that size. The country’s gross domestic product, estimated at $22 billion,has grown nearly threefold since the Taliban were driven from power in 2001. And the economy has for several years been in precarious health, propped up by foreign aid. By the World Bank’s reckoning, three-fourths of the government’s budget is funded by international donors, led by the U.S.
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