Military manpower—military age: 22 years of age
Military manpower—availability:
males age 15-49: 6,326,135 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 3,392,336 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—reaching military age annually:
males: 248,320 (1999 est.)
Military expenditures—dollar figure: $NA
Military expenditures—percent of GDP: NA%
Transnational Issues
Disputes—international: support to Islamic militants worldwide by some factions; question over which group should hold Afghanistan's seat at the UN
Illicit drugs: world's second-largest illicit opium producer after Burma (cultivation in 1998—41,720 hectares, a 7% increase over 1997; potential production in 1998—1,350 metric tons) and a major source of hashish; increasing number of heroin-processing laboratories being set up in the country; major political factions in the country profit from drug trade
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