According to video journalist Silvia Boccardi reporting for France 24, Afghanistan's post-war reality is far from peaceful. Though major military conflicts have ended, violence continues to grip the country—but the drivers have shifted. Rather than combat between armed groups, daily violence is now increasingly linked to social and economic pressures. 'Safety has not translated into prosperity,' Boccardi observes. Without economic opportunity and with social fractures left by decades of war, desperation itself has become a source of instability. Afghanistan's path forward requires not just an end to fighting, but urgent investment in economic development and social reconstruction.

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