An Afghan voter holds his voter registration card as he queues...

A displaced Afghan woman waits to receive aid during a distribution...
Getty Images;  December 1, 2009 ;     271 words ...SHAH MARAI Getty Images 12-01-2009 A displaced Afghan woman waits ... cans and bags of charcoal. TOPSHOTS AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)Copyright (c) 2009 Getty Images

TOPSHOTS-An internally displaced Afghan girl stands in a mud...
Getty Images;  December 14, 2009 ;     231 words ...SHAH MARAI Getty Images 12-14-2009 TOPSHOTS-An internally displaced ... official corruption in Afghanistan. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)Copyright (c) 2009 Getty Images

Afghan women hold their kids while they beg for alms in a street...
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Afghan people go about their daily business at a street market...
Getty Images;  October 1, 2007 ;     246 words ...SHAH MARAI Getty Images 10-01-2007 Afghan people go about their daily ... sexual activities from dawn to dusk. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) Copyright (c) 2007 Getty Images

An Afghan woman buys dried fruit at a street market in Kabul...
Getty Images;  October 1, 2007 ;     244 words ...SHAH MARAI Getty Images 10-01-2007 An Afghan woman buys dried fruit ... sexual activities from dawn to dusk. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) Copyright (c) 2007 Getty Images

An Afghan tailor hangs out freshly dyed burqa's to dry in his...
Getty Images;  October 1, 2007 ;     246 words ...SHAH MARAI Getty Images 10-01-2007 An Afghan tailor hangs out freshly ... sexual activities from dawn to dusk. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) Copyright (c) 2007 Getty Images

U.S solders disembark from a Chinook helicopter during a visit...
Getty Images;  October 2, 2007 ;     268 words ...SHAH MARAI Getty Images 10-02-2007 U.S solders disembark from a ... hopeless, a senior US official said. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) Copyright (c) 2007 Getty Images