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An Afghan woman sat in the road asking for alms in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, February 2, 2015. The war-torn country faces the challenges of poverty, unemployment, and a lack of infrastructure. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)

An Afghan woman sat in the road asking for alms in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, February 2, 2015. The war-torn country faces the challenges of poverty, unemployment, and a lack of infrastructure. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)




Afghan boys play on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, February 21, 2015. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)

Afghan boys play on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, February 21, 2015. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)




Afghan horse riders compete for the goat during a friendly buzkashi match on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, January 15, 2015. Buzkashi is a traditional and the national sport of Afghanistan, where players compete to place a goat carcass into a goal circle. It was banned during the Taliban rule. (Photo by Massoud Hossaini/AP Photo)

Afghan horse riders compete for the goat during a friendly buzkashi match on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, January 15, 2015. Buzkashi is a traditional and the national sport of Afghanistan, where players compete to place a goat carcass into a goal circle. It was banned during the Taliban rule. (Photo by Massoud Hossaini/AP Photo)




Afghan horse riders compete for the goat during a friendly buzkashi match on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, January 15, 2015. (Photo by Massoud Hossaini/AP Photo)

Afghan horse riders compete for the goat during a friendly buzkashi match on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, January 15, 2015. (Photo by Massoud Hossaini/AP Photo)




Teammates of Afghan horse riders celebrate their victory during a friendly buzkashi match on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, January 15, 2015. (Photo by Massoud Hossaini/AP Photo)

Teammates of Afghan horse riders celebrate their victory during a friendly buzkashi match on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, January 15, 2015. (Photo by Massoud Hossaini/AP Photo)




An Afghan horse rider tries to keep the goat during a friendly buzkashi match on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, January 15, 2015. (Photo by Massoud Hossaini/AP Photo)

An Afghan horse rider tries to keep the goat during a friendly buzkashi match on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, January 15, 2015. (Photo by Massoud Hossaini/AP Photo)




Afghan horse riders compete for the goat during a friendly buzkashi match on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, January 15, 2015. (Photo by Massoud Hossaini/AP Photo)

Afghan horse riders compete for the goat during a friendly buzkashi match on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, January 15, 2015. (Photo by Massoud Hossaini/AP Photo)




Seen through the windshield and mirrors of a rickshaw parked facing a slum that hosts Afghan refugees and internally displaced Pakistanis from tribal areas, a boy, top, prepares meat on a grill for customers, while a group of men, left, work outside a mud house on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, February 15, 2015. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo)

Seen through the windshield and mirrors of a rickshaw parked facing a slum that hosts Afghan refugees and internally displaced Pakistanis from tribal areas, a boy, top, prepares meat on a grill for customers, while a group of men, left, work outside a mud house on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, February 15, 2015. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo)




In this Monday, January 19, 2015 photo, a Pakistani refugee schoolgirl attends class at Gulan camp, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the border in the restive Khost province, Afghanistan. For decades Afghans have fled into Pakistan to escape war and upheaval, but in recent months the tide has reversed, with some 60,000 Pakistanis - more than half of them children – taking refuge in the Gulan camp. (Photo by Massoud Hossaini/AP Photo)

In this Monday, January 19, 2015 photo, a Pakistani refugee schoolgirl attends class at Gulan camp, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the border in the restive Khost province, Afghanistan. For decades Afghans have fled into Pakistan to escape war and upheaval, but in recent months the tide has reversed, with some 60,000 Pakistanis – more than half of them children – taking refuge in the Gulan camp. (Photo by Massoud Hossaini/AP Photo)




Labourers shovel coal onto a truck at a coal dump site outside Kabul January 19, 2015. Each labourer earns an average of $10 per working day, with most of them coming come from the northern provinces, leaving their families behind to find work in the capital. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)

Labourers shovel coal onto a truck at a coal dump site outside Kabul January 19, 2015. Each labourer earns an average of $10 per working day, with most of them coming come from the northern provinces, leaving their families behind to find work in the capital. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)




Labourers shovel coal onto a truck at a coal dump site outside Kabul January 19, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)

Labourers shovel coal onto a truck at a coal dump site outside Kabul January 19, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)




People chant slogans during a demonstration against the satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of Prophet Mohammad, in front of the French embassy in Kabul January 22, 2015. French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published a picture of Mohammad weeping on its cover last week after gunmen stormed its offices in Paris, killing 12 people. The signs read, “Mohammad”. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)

People chant slogans during a demonstration against the satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of Prophet Mohammad, in front of the French embassy in Kabul January 22, 2015. French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published a picture of Mohammad weeping on its cover last week after gunmen stormed its offices in Paris, killing 12 people. The signs read, “Mohammad”. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)




An Afghan man rides his bicycle as he sells balloon on the outskirts of Jalalabad city, January 22, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)

An Afghan man rides his bicycle as he sells balloon on the outskirts of Jalalabad city, January 22, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)




An Afghan policeman inspects the wreckage of a police armoured vehicle after a suicide attack in Helmand province January 22, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

An Afghan policeman inspects the wreckage of a police armoured vehicle after a suicide attack in Helmand province January 22, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




An Afghan woman wearing a burqa waits for transportation with her children on a cold day in Kabul January 22, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)

An Afghan woman wearing a burqa waits for transportation with her children on a cold day in Kabul January 22, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)




An Afghan man throws a stone towards a U.S. compound during a demonstration against the satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, in Kabul, January 23, 2015. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)

An Afghan man throws a stone towards a U.S. compound during a demonstration against the satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, in Kabul, January 23, 2015. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)




A police officer tries to stop an Afghan man who wants to throw a stone towards a U.S. compound during a demonstration against the satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, in Kabul, January 23, 2015. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)

A police officer tries to stop an Afghan man who wants to throw a stone towards a U.S. compound during a demonstration against the satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, in Kabul, January 23, 2015. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)




Afghans have tea as they sell sheep in an open livestock market near Bala Hissar, an old fortress in Kabul January 25, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)

Afghans have tea as they sell sheep in an open livestock market near Bala Hissar, an old fortress in Kabul January 25, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)




An Afghan boy carries empty water containers as he looks for water on a cold day in Kabul January 25, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)

An Afghan boy carries empty water containers as he looks for water on a cold day in Kabul January 25, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)




Afghan laborers drink tea at a tea shop along a street on the outskirts of Kabul, January 26, 2015. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)

Afghan laborers drink tea at a tea shop along a street on the outskirts of Kabul, January 26, 2015. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)




Afghan men carry plastic pots to sell along a street on the outskirts of Kabul, January 26, 2015. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)

Afghan men carry plastic pots to sell along a street on the outskirts of Kabul, January 26, 2015. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)




A cobbler sits at a roadside as he brushes a customer's shoes in Kabul, January 26, 2015. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)

A cobbler sits at a roadside as he brushes a customer's shoes in Kabul, January 26, 2015. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)




An Afghan internally displaced child stands outside a shelter on the outskirts of Jalalabad city, January 26, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)

An Afghan internally displaced child stands outside a shelter on the outskirts of Jalalabad city, January 26, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)




An Afghan internally displaced family carries water containers on their donkeys on the outskirts of Jalalabad city, January 26, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)

An Afghan internally displaced family carries water containers on their donkeys on the outskirts of Jalalabad city, January 26, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)




An Afghan man walks on a makeshift foot bridge on the outskirts of Jalalabad city, January 27, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)

An Afghan man walks on a makeshift foot bridge on the outskirts of Jalalabad city, January 27, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)




A child looks out of a window in Kabul January 29, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)

A child looks out of a window in Kabul January 29, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)




Afghan girls carry dried shrubs, for fuel and heating, on their heads on the outskirts of Jalalabad, February 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)

Afghan girls carry dried shrubs, for fuel and heating, on their heads on the outskirts of Jalalabad, February 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)




Afghan children, who are selling tea, warm themselves by a fire on a cold day in Kabul, February 2, 2015. A tea vendor earns $1 on average a day. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)

Afghan children, who are selling tea, warm themselves by a fire on a cold day in Kabul, February 2, 2015. A tea vendor earns $1 on average a day. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)




An Afghan man prepares tea for customers at a roadside tea shop on the outskirts of Jalalabad February 2, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)

An Afghan man prepares tea for customers at a roadside tea shop on the outskirts of Jalalabad February 2, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)




An Afghan man jumps into a river for a swim on the outskirts of Jalalabad, February 5, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)

An Afghan man jumps into a river for a swim on the outskirts of Jalalabad, February 5, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)




An Afghan shepherd guides his herd of sheep on the outskirts of Jalalabad Province, February 6, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)

An Afghan shepherd guides his herd of sheep on the outskirts of Jalalabad Province, February 6, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)




Afghans watch cock fighting on the outskirts of Jalalabad Province, February 6, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)

Afghans watch cock fighting on the outskirts of Jalalabad Province, February 6, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)




Afghans watch cocks fighting on the outskirts of Herat province February 10, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Shoib/Reuters)

Afghans watch cocks fighting on the outskirts of Herat province February 10, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Shoib/Reuters)




A glass maker works at a small workshop in Herat province, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Shoib/Reuters)

A glass maker works at a small workshop in Herat province, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Shoib/Reuters)




An Afghan girl holds an umbrella as she sits on a grave at a cemetery in Kabul, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)

An Afghan girl holds an umbrella as she sits on a grave at a cemetery in Kabul, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)




Afghan children warm themselves near a cooking fire on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, February 21, 2015. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)

Afghan children warm themselves near a cooking fire on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, February 21, 2015. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)




An Afghan refugee boy walks toward a hand pump to fetch water, in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, February 3, 2015. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo)

An Afghan refugee boy walks toward a hand pump to fetch water, in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, February 3, 2015. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo)




Afghan blacksmiths work in their smithy in Herat, Afghanistan, February 2, 2015. Although Afghanistan's economy reportedly has improved with the help of international aid and after suffering decades of fighting, the country still relies on foreign aid for more than 90 per cent of national income. (Photo by Jalil Rezayee/EPA)

Afghan blacksmiths work in their smithy in Herat, Afghanistan, February 2, 2015. Although Afghanistan's economy reportedly has improved with the help of international aid and after suffering decades of fighting, the country still relies on foreign aid for more than 90 per cent of national income. International leaders who gathered in London in December 2014 to plot Afghanistan's future pledged continuing support after international combat troops returned home at the end a 13-year military campaign. (Photo by Jalil Rezayee/EPA)




An Afghani woman prepares traditional bread at her home in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)

An Afghani woman prepares traditional bread at her home in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)




An Afghan child peeks through a gap in his makeshift home as traditional bread is being prepared, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)

An Afghan child peeks through a gap in his makeshift home as traditional bread is being prepared, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)




Firoza, a 12-yea-old Afghan girl, makes tea outside her home on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, February 5, 2015. Arabic word Allah, or God, is painted on a rock in the background. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)

Firoza, a 12-yea-old Afghan girl, makes tea outside her home on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, February 5, 2015. Arabic word Allah, or God, is painted on a rock in the background. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)




An Afghan man smokes hashish in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, January 25, 2015. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)

An Afghan man smokes hashish in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, January 25, 2015. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)




In this photograph taken on February 5, 2015, Afghan labourer, Shir Ahmad (26) sorts carpet wraps at a traditional yarn factory in Mazar-i-sharif of Balkh province. The labourers work from dawn to dusk and earn around four US dollars per day, with the products sold for the local market. (Photo by Farshad Usyan/AFP Photo)

In this photograph taken on February 5, 2015, Afghan labourer, Shir Ahmad (26) sorts carpet wraps at a traditional yarn factory in Mazar-i-sharif of Balkh province. The labourers work from dawn to dusk and earn around four US dollars per day, with the products sold for the local market. (Photo by Farshad Usyan/AFP Photo)




An Afghan refugee child stands in an alley of a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, January 16, 2015. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo)

An Afghan refugee child stands in an alley of a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, January 16, 2015. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo)




An Afghan man rides a donkey down on a hill on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, February 5, 2015. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)

An Afghan man rides a donkey down on a hill on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, February 5, 2015. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)




Obaidullah, a 10-year-old Afghan boy, walks on the wall of his home on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, February 5, 2015. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)

Obaidullah, a 10-year-old Afghan boy, walks on the wall of his home on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, February 5, 2015. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)




An Afghan boy carries a goat near his temporary shelter on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, 16 February 2015. Due mainly to foreign aid Afghanistan's economy has shown signs of improvement though many Afghans still face job insecurity. (Photo by Sayed Mustafa/EPA)

An Afghan boy carries a goat near his temporary shelter on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, 16 February 2015. Due mainly to foreign aid Afghanistan's economy has shown signs of improvement though many Afghans still face job insecurity, with tough competition for work as day laborers offering meagre returns, a situation further complicated by an increase in attacks in the country coinciding with the withdrawal of NATO-led forces. (Photo by Sayed Mustafa/EPA)




An Afghan man brushes his teeth at a public bath, or “hamam”, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, February 6, 2015. The public baths are a tradition in the country, mostly found in larger cities and used by ordinary citizens including those who had their home boiler facilities damaged during its decade-long war. The use of a hamam bath costs less than a dollar for the public, and a person could pay extra to have a massage. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)

An Afghan man brushes his teeth at a public bath, or “hamam”, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, February 6, 2015. The public baths are a tradition in the country, mostly found in larger cities and used by ordinary citizens including those who had their home boiler facilities damaged during its decade-long war. The use of a hamam bath costs less than a dollar for the public, and a person could pay extra to have a massage. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)




An Afghan shopkeeper boils milk as he waits for customers at dawn in Jalalabad in Nangarhar province on January 16, 2015. Afghanistan's economy has improved significantly since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 largely because of the infusion of international assistance. Despite significant improvement in the last decade the country is still extremely poor and remains highly dependent on foreign aid. (Photo by Noorullah Shirzada/AFP Photo)

An Afghan shopkeeper boils milk as he waits for customers at dawn in Jalalabad in Nangarhar province on January 16, 2015. Afghanistan's economy has improved significantly since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 largely because of the infusion of international assistance. Despite significant improvement in the last decade the country is still extremely poor and remains highly dependent on foreign aid. (Photo by Noorullah Shirzada/AFP Photo)




Afghan men clean raisins in a factory in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, 10 February 2015. Due mainly to foreign aid Afghanistan's economy has shown signs of improvement though many Afghans still face job insecurity, with tough competition for work as day labourers offering meagre returns, a situation further complicated by an increase in attacks in the country coninciding with the withdrawal of NATO-led forces. (Photo by Sayed Mustafa/EPA)

Afghan men clean raisins in a factory in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, 10 February 2015. Due mainly to foreign aid Afghanistan's economy has shown signs of improvement though many Afghans still face job insecurity, with tough competition for work as day labourers offering meagre returns, a situation further complicated by an increase in attacks in the country coninciding with the withdrawal of NATO-led forces. (Photo by Sayed Mustafa/EPA)
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