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A day in the life of Afghanistan
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Afghan youth play football in the evening in the city of Herat. AFP/Aref Karimi
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An Afghan street vendor carries bread in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Nan-i-Tandoori is made in a cylindrical clay oven. AP/Rahmat Gul
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Young Afghan day labourers make bricks on the outskirts of Jalalabad. AFP/Noorullah Shirzada
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An Afghan man rides his horse in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP/Rahmat Gul
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An Afghan boy carries bricks on his back in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP/Rahmat Gul
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Afghans visit the Mia Ali Baba Shrine in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. For 300 years, the shrine keepers have been taking in the mentally ill. AP/Rahmat Gul
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Jalaluddin, 23, a drug addict, stands inside his cell during his 40-day incarceration at the Mia Ali Baba Shrine in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. AP/Rahmat Gul
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A boy sells biscuits as he walks along a lake in Kabul. Reuters/Mohammad Ismail
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Afghan men browse for pictures of their heroes and leaders at a sidewalk stall in Kabul. AFP/Bay Ismoyo
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An Afghan meat vendor serves a customer at his shop in Kabul. Poverty and an ongoing insurgency by the ousted Taliban still pose a threat to the stability of the country. AFP/Bay Ismoyo
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Afghan farmers work on a wheat field in Nangarhar province. Reuters/Parwiz
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Afghan cardiologist Rahima Stanikzair monitors an infant's heart at the French Medical Institute for Children in Kabul. When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan during 1996-2001, Rahima continued working, as male medical personel were banned from examining women. AFP/Bay Ismoyo
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