{"id":14187,"date":"2026-06-01T19:26:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/01\/fasihuddin-fetrat-war-destruction-afghanistan-infrastructure\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T19:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:26:31","slug":"fasihuddin-fetrat-war-destruction-afghanistan-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/01\/fasihuddin-fetrat-war-destruction-afghanistan-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Fasihuddin Fetrat: Wars Have Devastated Afghanistan&#8217;s Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fasihuddin Fetrat, Deputy Minister of Defense under the Taliban administration, stated that the wars imposed on the people of Afghanistan over the past decades have caused widespread destruction of the country&#8217;s infrastructure and significant underdevelopment. He emphasized that the consequences of these conflicts still cast a shadow over the lives of the residents.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Fetrat made these remarks at a gathering in Badakhshan province. According to him, foreign interventions have also contributed to the continuation of the four-decade-long wars in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan has witnessed continuous conflicts, regime changes, and the presence of foreign forces for over forty years, deeply affecting its economic structures, society, and public services. Many essential infrastructures, including roads, public facilities, and educational centers, have been damaged or completely destroyed during these years.<\/p>\n<p>However, some experts believe that merely attributing the blame to foreign actors without examining internal responsibilities and the current government&#8217;s management cannot address the public&#8217;s demand for reconstruction and sustainable development. Citizens expect the Taliban administration to, alongside criticizing the past, present a clear and practical plan for restoring infrastructure and improving the economic situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fasihuddin Fetrat says decades of war destroyed Afghanistan&#8217;s infrastructure, urging Taliban to offer practical plans for reconstruction and economic recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}