KABUL have changed dramatically over the last two decades, says a study conducted by a local think-tank.
The largely uninhabited land at the beginning of the 21st century became home to about 2.2 million people in 2016, said the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU).
“What is more, this frontier area is located beyond the reaches of the Helmand and Farah rivers and the canal system that the Afghan state built to increase the taxable agricultural area,” the report said.
“Yet in . . .
