Friday, July 28, 2006

Afghans despair over slow rebuilding pace

Over half of Afghanistan's 31 million people live below the poverty line and 40 percent are unemployed. Electricity and water shortages are acute, while illicit crops like opium represent up to one-third of the country's GDP. Afghanistan relies on foreign aid, about $10.5 billion of which was pledged at February's donor conference in London.

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