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PHOTOS: Afghans get on with daily life in Kabul
01 Feb 2006 11:43:00 GMT
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Featured here is a selection of pictures by Reuters photographer Ahmad Masood of people living and working in Kabul, Afghanistan, including an Afghan cobbler, a money changer and a boy selling eggs. Afghanistan will receive promises of economic and military support from more than 50 countries on Tuesday as it outlines a five-year reform plan, including steps to fight corruption and the illegal opium trade.
These and additional images can be found in the Reuters Pictures Archive (http://pictures.reuters.com/rpa) by searching under ‘Kabul and Masood’ and setting the date accordingly.
An Afghan boy covers his head with his
sweater to avoid rain in Kabul,
Afghanistan January 31, 2006.
Afghanistan will receive promises of
economic and military support from more
than 50 countries on Tuesday as it
outlines a five-year reform plan,
including steps to fight corruption and
the illegal opium trade. REUTERS/
Ahmad
Masood
REF: KAB07D
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An Afghan family sits around a fire in a
destroyed building in Kabul, Afghanistan
January 29, 2006. Afghanistan will get
firm assurances of international help in
London this week and in return it will
promise to push on with reforms and
tackle corruption and its huge illegal
drug trade. REUTERS/Ahmad
Masood
REF: KAB02D
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An Afghan man who sells coal waits for
customers by the roadside in Kabul,
Afghanistan January 30, 2006.
Afghanistan will get firm assurances of
international help in London this week
and in return it will promise to push on
with reforms and tackle corruption and
its huge illegal drug trade. REUTERS/
Ahmad
Masood
REF: KAB01D
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A disabled Afghan man walks past a
restaurant in a bazaar in Kabul,
Afghanistan January 31, 2006.
Afghanistan will receive promises of
economic and military support from more
than 50 countries on Tuesday as it
outlines a five-year reform plan,
including steps to fight corruption and
the illegal opium trade. REUTERS/
Ahmad
Masood
REF: KAB02D
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An Afghan cobbler works in his shop in
Kabul, Afghanistan January 31, 2006.
Afghanistan will receive promises of
economic and military support from more
than 50 countries on Tuesday as it
outlines a five-year reform plan,
including steps to fight corruption and
the illegal opium trade. REUTERS/Omar
Sobhani
REF: KAB03D2
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An Afghan boy sells boiled eggs at a
bazaar in Kabul, Afghanistan January 31,
2006. Afghanistan will receive promises
of economic and military support from
more than 50 countries on Tuesday as it
outlines a five-year reform plan,
including steps to fight corruption and
the illegal opium trade. REUTERS/
Ahmad
Masood
REF: KAB01D
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An Afghan man selling second-hand
clothes waits for customers in the cold,
in Kabul, Afghanistan January 27, 2006.
Since U.S.-led forces ousted the Taliban
in late 2001, $11.8 billion of aid has
been disbursed, according to government
figures, but many Afghans remain mired
in poverty. REUTERS/Ahmad
Masood
REF: KAB02D
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Afghans play on the snow in front of a
destroyed building in Kabul, Afghanistan
January 29, 2006. Afghanistan will get
firm assurances of international help in
London this week and in return it will
promise to push on with reforms and
tackle corruption and its huge illegal
drug trade. REUTERS/Ahmad
Masood
REF: KAB01D
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An Afghan moneychanger sits on the wall
of a bridge in Kabul, Afghanistan
January 30, 2006.Afghanistan will get
firm assurances of international help in
London this week and in return it will
promise to push on with reforms and
tackle corruption and its huge illegal
drug trade. REUTERS/Ahmad
Masood
REF: KAB02D
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Afghan women use an umbrella as it rains
in Kabul, Afghanistan January 31, 2006.
Afghanistan will receive promises of
economic and military support from more
than 50 countries on Tuesday as it
outlines a five-year reform plan,
including steps to fight corruption and
the illegal opium trade. REUTERS/
Ahmad
Masood
REF: KAB010D
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An Afghan man yawns as he sits in front
of a restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan
January 27, 2006. Since U.S.-led forces
ousted the Taliban in late 2001, $11.8
billion of aid has been disbursed,
according to government figures, but
many Afghans remain mired in poverty.
REUTERS/Ahmad
Masood
REF: KAB01D
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An Afghan man (R) sells telephone cards
on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan
January 30, 2006. Security forces in the
Afghan capital Kabul on Monday defused
two bombs found next to the main road to
the city's airport, a government
spokesman said. REUTERS/Ahmad
Masood
REF: KAB07D
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An Afghan boy prepares tea for his
customers in Kabul, Afghanistan January
29, 2006. Afghanistan will get firm
assurances of international help in
London this week and in return it will
promise to push on with reforms and
tackle corruption and its huge illegal
drug trade. REUTERS/Ahmad
Masood
REF: KAB01D..
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Afghan women walk on a muddy lane as it
rains in Kabul, Afghanistan January 31,
2006. Afghanistan will receive promises
of economic and military support from
more than 50 countries on Tuesday as it
outlines a five-year reform plan,
including steps to fight corruption and
the illegal opium trade. REUTERS/Ahmad
Masood
REF: KAB09D
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Afghans wait for transportation in Kabul,
Afghanistan January 27, 2006. Afghans
are among the most optimistic people in
the world when it comes to their
economic future a BBC survey has found,
but such confidence is not always easy
to find on the streets of the capital,
Kabul. REUTERS/Ahmad
Masood
REF: KAB03D
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Afghan boys warm themselves as it rains
in Kabul, Afghanistan January 31, 2006.
Afghanistan will receive promises of
economic and military support from more
than 50 countries on Tuesday as it
outlines a five-year reform plan,
including steps to fight corruption and
the illegal opium trade. REUTERS/
Ahmad
Masood
REF: KAB06D2
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