Why is Afghanistan classified as a third world country?

Answer 1

Afghanistan's economy is so poor because they depend mainly on outside business and American money for business, and because of the fighting in Afghanistan, their economy is unstable. Take this as an example: which estate agent would advertise a house which could easily be bombed the next day? Most countries go through this state of poverty during development, and considering that Afghanistan was not a particularly rich country before the fighting broke out they were bound to reach a state of poverty.

People believe that Afghanistan has been in it's present situation for hundreds of years. Afghanistan has not received enough time to develope and become prosperous as it's surrounding countries. There has been constant war. Although, it was once a stunningly beautiful country before the Soviet invasion in 1979 and many times before. After the Russian invasion, war has been taking over Afghanistan and ruined it's true beauty. and thewar is sobuety

Answer 2

When the term "third world" was first coined, it referred to those countries outside of the "first world", which were those countries that were strongly Westernized and allied with the United States, and outside of the "second world", which were those countries under the sway of Communism and allied with the Soviet Union. As Afghanistan was a non-aligned country, it was considered a "third world country". More recently, the term "third world" country has come to mean that a country is underdeveloped and Afghanistan certainly qualifies under this definition. Large swathes of the country are illiterate, there is barely any infrastructure or industrialization, and there is rampant poverty and starvation.

Answer 3

Yes because it has been very needy in food and in water sources too.

I think that some volenteers could really help others in afghanitan and could share of what they learned too

Answer 4

It is a third world country because it is unstable and has a low economy with a high Birth Rate.

Answer 5

Why Afghanistan is so poor because there is war about 30 years. Everyone is going there in the name of peace to make there but doing the opposite of this. These people destroy Afghanistan.