• Job and income security-Between 1965 and 1980, per capita income increased by only 0.6% a year.
• Human rights violation-Following the change of government in May 1992, thousands of political prisoners were released. But the fate of hundreds of prisoners held in prisons controlled by some Mujahedeen groups remains unknown. Mainly as a consequence of the ongoing civil war, cruel forms of punishment have been introduced by some of the warring factions.
• Ethnic and other conflicts-Ethnic and factional conflicts have continued, following the defeat of the communist government by Islamic Mujahedeen in April 1992. Millions of landmines have disabled one in every six Afghans.
• Military spending-Afghanistan is the largest arms recipient per capita among the poorest countries. Between 1983 and 1992, it received more than $600 of conventional arms per capita.