Afghanistan is an underdeveloped country with extreme poverty, poor infrastructure, unemployment, and underemployment. Even though, the country is reached of natural resources, but unfortunately the people of the country are suffering from a high poverty rate receiving lower income. In order to utilise the existing resources, the government is keen to facilitate and encouraged forging investment. Therefore, this article aims to evaluate the performance of the anti-poverty cooperation between China and Afghanistan based on Chinese investment company known as Band-e-Amir Saffron Company. The study focused to analyse the current situation of poverty, the causes of poverty, and the performance of the stated Chinese company related to poverty reduction. The study was based on primary and secondary data. The primary data was collected through personal survey method, whereas the secondary data was obtained from various databases viz. NSIA, and FAO (FAOSTAT), Afghanistan National Statistical Year Book, etc. In doing so, the article is expected to contribute to understanding the present state of poverty in the country and the level of China-Afghanistan cooperation in poverty reduction based on the Chinese-based investment in saffron production in the country. The study shown a positive correlation between prices and the production level of saffron and during the study period the price of saffron increased significantly, this has lead to the reduction in poverty level in the study area.
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