Zahra, 9, a girl from the ethnic Hazara community, stands in front of a traditional loom, at her home. She goes to school, but spends the rest of her

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Zahra, 9, a girl from the ethnic Hazara community, stands in front of a traditional loom, at her home. She goes to school, but spends the rest of her day weaving carpets and performing other domestic chores to help support the family. Her father sells dried fruits at a market in Bamyan city. In recent years, chronic insecurity and renewed violence, especially in the rural areas, continue to impede recovery from decades of war, and limit progress for the country’s 25 million people, particularly women and children. Afghanistan. July 8, 2007.

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