Afghanistan
Country Bio:
Government type: Islamic republic
Chief of State: President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai (since 7 December 2004)
Head of Government: Same as Chief of State
Exports: opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems
Imports: machinery and other capital goods, food, textiles, petroleum products
Political Status: Non-NATO Ally
Chief of State: President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai (since 7 December 2004)
Head of Government: Same as Chief of State
Exports: opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems
Imports: machinery and other capital goods, food, textiles, petroleum products
Political Status: Non-NATO Ally
Country's relationship to US:
Trade Relationship:
-Mostly help and aid to afghan by USA
American Foreign Policy towards Afghanistan:
-U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday to discuss his rejection of the Loya Jirga's recommendation that he sign that Bilateral Security Agreement with the United States, and reports are emerging that the conversation did not go well. According to a White House press release, Rice told Karzai that: "Without a prompt signature, the U.S. would have no choice but to initiate planning for a post-2014 future in which there would be no U.S. or NATO troop presence in Afghanistan". The so-called "zero option" has been threatened before during the tense negotiations over the security pact, but many Afghan observers did not think it would actually come to pass.
-Mostly help and aid to afghan by USA
American Foreign Policy towards Afghanistan:
-U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday to discuss his rejection of the Loya Jirga's recommendation that he sign that Bilateral Security Agreement with the United States, and reports are emerging that the conversation did not go well. According to a White House press release, Rice told Karzai that: "Without a prompt signature, the U.S. would have no choice but to initiate planning for a post-2014 future in which there would be no U.S. or NATO troop presence in Afghanistan". The so-called "zero option" has been threatened before during the tense negotiations over the security pact, but many Afghan observers did not think it would actually come to pass.