Afghanistan - Awaiting Obama

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 2009: Originally from the province on Bahlan, this group of 7 boys (4 pictured here, including Mohammad Akram and Mohammad Zakir) work hard selling fruit each day in Kabul, amongst the ruins in the back streets, earning 6000 Afghanis (USD $120) together per month. Without fail, they have to pay off police (about USD $2 per day) to let them continue to work. Afghanistan has become the key war zone for the new US administration. After years of focus on Iraq, the US government has realized how critical an issue Afghanistan really is. It is a country all too used to broken promises, used to death and used to fighting for its survival. Afghans have increasingly lost hope, and have lost faith in the promises made by the Western World. They now seem focussed on daily survival despite the hardships and social issues that they face on a constant basis. (Photo by Alvaro Ybarra Zavala/Edit by Getty Images) NOTE: SPAIN OUT
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 2009: Originally from the province on Bahlan, this group of 7 boys (4 pictured here, including Mohammad Akram and Mohammad Zakir) work hard selling fruit each day in Kabul, amongst the ruins in the back streets, earning 6000 Afghanis (USD $120) together per month. Without fail, they have to pay off police (about USD $2 per day) to let them continue to work. Afghanistan has become the key war zone for the new US administration. After years of focus on Iraq, the US government has realized how critical an issue Afghanistan really is. It is a country all too used to broken promises, used to death and used to fighting for its survival. Afghans have increasingly lost hope, and have lost faith in the promises made by the Western World. They now seem focussed on daily survival despite the hardships and social issues that they face on a constant basis. (Photo by Alvaro Ybarra Zavala/Edit by Getty Images) NOTE: SPAIN OUT
Afghanistan - Awaiting Obama
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Alvaro Ybarra Zavala / Contributor
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04 February, 2009
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