Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for Russia's foreign ministry, at a conference said that the Soviet Union established more than 140 industrial facilities in Afghanistan that still form the foundation of the country's economy.

The spokeswoman added that the 20-year presence of NATO in Afghanistan has had negative effects on the country.

Zakharova said: "The former Soviet Union laid the foundations of Afghanistan's economy by building more than 140 industrial facilities. But NATO resorted to using the ‘GBU-43/B MOAB’ in this country, and the NATO operation in Afghanistan ended with a ‘complete failure’.”

A number of economic analysts said that during the occupation of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union, investments were made in the country. But the civil wars destroyed all the country's infrastructure.

According to analysts, around $150 billion were invested in the country at that time, but the civil wars caused losses worth $250 billion to Afghanistan.

"From the presence of big powers such as Russia and NATO, we didn't get much to use economically," said Sayed Massod, an economic analyst.

Khan Jan Alokozay, a member of the ACCI’s board of directors, said: "A part of our country was destroyed by Russians and Americans, and mostly our country was destroyed in the civil wars."

The Ministry of Economy said that both during the presence of the Soviet Red Army and during the presence of the United States in Afghanistan, the country's economy was broken and dependent, but the Islamic Emirate is trying to make the country's economy self-sufficient by launching effective programs.

"During the Islamic Emirate period, we are trying to repair the economic fracture and lead the country's economy from dependence to self-sufficiency," said Abdul Latif Nazari, the deputy minister of Economy.

Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, said: “We should not think that the Soviet occupation improved the country's economy, although they made promises, we saw that the opposite resulted. The occupiers do not settle the country."

During the reign of Zahir Shah and Daud Khan in Afghanistan, many Russian projects were implemented including the construction of electricity plants, the Salang highway, the Nangarhar Canal and Herat-Kandahar highway.