A laughing boy chases a bicycle inner tube with a stick, in the village of Ragshad, on the outskirts of Bamyan City in the central Bamyan Province. He is a member of the Hazara ethnic minority. In June 2007 in Afghanistan, chronic insecurity and renewed violence, especially in rural areas, continue to impede recovery from decades of war, and limit progress for all the country's 25 million people - particularly its children and women. The nation's social indicators rank at or near the bottom among developing countries: average life expectancy is below 45 years; 40 to 60 percent of Afghan child
A laughing boy chases a bicycle inner tube with a stick, in the village of Ragshad, on the outskirts of Bamyan City in the central Bamyan Province. He is a member of the Hazara ethnic minority. In June 2007 in Afghanistan, chronic insecurity and renewed violence, especially in rural areas, continue to impede recovery from decades of war, and limit progress for all the country's 25 million people - particularly its children and women. The nation's social indicators rank at or near the bottom among developing countries: average life expectancy is below 45 years; 40 to 60 percent of Afghan children are stunted or chronically malnourished; and the maternal mortality rate, at 1,600 per 100,000 live births, is one of the highest in the world. At least 50 women die every day from pregnancy-related complications and fewer than 2 per cent of women have ever attended a hospital or clinic. happy, happiness, smiles, smiling
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