AFGHANISTAN-SOCIETY

Young Afghan children carry cow dung, to be used as fuel, as they walk on the outskirts of Jalalabad on December 27, 2014. Afghanistan’s economy has improved significantly since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 largely because of the infusion of international assistance. Despite significant improvement in the last decade the country is still extremely poor and remains highly dependent on foreign aid. AFP PHOTO / Noorullah SHIRZADA