HERE’S SOME GOOD NEWS:

KABUL, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) — Afghanistan’s economy saw a marvelous growth of 30 percent in the first year after the Taliban’s ouster, mainly due to the return of refugees and an end of lingering drought, a spokesman said on Monday.

“According to reports by the Finance Ministry and the central bank, the economic growth in last fiscal year was over 30 percent,” presidential spokesman Jawed Ludin told reporters at a routine press conference here.

The British weekly Economist has also reported a similar growthof the Afghan economy based on its independent estimates, he said.

(Via Bill Quick).