Editing Mohammad Najibullah (section)

===Economic policies===
Najibullah continued Karmal's economic policies. The augmenting of links with the [[Eastern Bloc]] and the Soviet Union continued, and so did bilateral trade. He encouraged the development of the private sector in industry. The Five-Year Economic and Social Development Plan which was introduced in January 1986 continued until March 1992, one month before the government's fall. According to the plan, the economy, which had grown less than 2 percent annually until 1985, would grow 25 percent in the plan. Industry would grow 28 percent, agriculture 14–16 percent, domestic trade by 150 percent and foreign trade with 15 percent. As expected, none of these targets were met, and 2 percent growth annually which had been the norm before the plan continued under Najibullah.<ref>{{cite book | title = Regional Surveys of the World: Far East and Australasia 2003 | publisher = [[Routledge]] | year = 2002 | isbn = 978-1-85743-133-9 | page = [https://books.google.com/books?id=e5Az1lGCJwQC&pg=PA83 83] }}</ref> The 1990 constitution gave due attention to the [[private sector]]. Article 20 was about the establishment of private firms, and Article 25 encouraged [[foreign direct investment|foreign investments]] in the private sector.<ref name="IslamicState"/>