No, that is clearly wrong. As i've linked, this is just simply exactly the same problem they had right before 9/11.
Now its the same country, the same government, the same people, and the same problems, just 20 years later.
As for population growth, well, Afghanistan had a lot of it before Americans came, it had a lot when Americans were there, and i'd guess they will continue to have a lot now too.
Graph and download economic data for Population Growth for the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (SPPOPGROWAFG) from 1961 to 2022 about Afghanistan, population, and rate.
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