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Message: <blockquote data-quote="retuom" data-source="post: 10060996" data-attributes="member: 98545">Afghanistan, April 2011 Life  expectancy in Afghanistan is but 45 years. It has the world's  second-highest infant mortality rate. Only 12% of Afghan women are  literate. It is the world's largest producer of opium. Soon it will have  been occupied by foreign militaries for ten years, which followed years  of Taliban rule, which followed years of civil war, which followed  years of Soviet military occupation. Widespread corruption mutes hopes  for the immediate future. The death of Osama bin Laden further clouds  future American involvement in the country. Gathered here in our monthly  collection of photographs from Afghanistan are images of the U.S.  military mission, the toll of violence on civilians, and daily life in  the country of just under 30 million. -- Lane Turner (36 photos total)          <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_april_2011/bp1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  An Afghan man and children gather around a fire in a hillside neighborhood in Kabul April 7. (Hossein Fatemi/AP)      <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_april_2011/bp2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo2" target="_blank">2</a>   An Afghan girl juggles tennis balls during the World Circus Day  organized by Afghan Educational Children Circus and Mobile Mini Circus  for Children in Kabul April 16. (Hossein Fatemi/AP) <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo2" target="_blank">#</a>      <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_april_2011/bp3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo3" target="_blank">3</a>   An Afghan girl practices the martial arts with a sword at a Wushu  training club in Injil, Herat province, west of Kabul, April 6. (AP) <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo3" target="_blank">#</a>      <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_april_2011/bp4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo4" target="_blank">4</a>   Anousheh (left) and Parisa look at a piece of semi-precious stone  polished and presented at their workshop in the "Bagh e Zananeh" Women's  Garden in Kabul April 26. Twelve students study at this jewelery  workshop and about 700 women attend other classes in the Women's Garden  every day. (Kamran Jebreili/AP) <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo4" target="_blank">#</a>      <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_april_2011/bp5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo5" target="_blank">5</a>   An Afghan nursing student from the military institute pauses during a  class led by American teachers at the Davoud Khan military hospital on  April 23 in Kabul. American medics have travelled to Afghanistan to help  train 600 nursing students. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo5" target="_blank">#</a>      <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_april_2011/bp6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo6" target="_blank">6</a>   Abida 25, an Afghan land mine victim who works at the International  Committee of the Red Cross orthopedic rehabilitation center, poses for a  picture at her work area in Kabul on March 19. The center, which is run  mostly by disabled people, aims to educate and rehabilitate land mine  victims and other disabled people, and help them integrate effectively  into society. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters) <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo6" target="_blank">#</a>      <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_april_2011/bp7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo7" target="_blank">7</a>   An Afghan refugee girl waits for a truck before departing for  Afghanistan at a UNHCR repatriation terminal in Peshawar, Pakistan April  19. A total of 1,757 Afghan refugees were repatriated in March as part  of the ongoing voluntary repatriation program. (Mohammad Sajjad/AP) <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo7" target="_blank">#</a>      <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_april_2011/bp8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo8" target="_blank">8</a>   A young Afghan girl stands outside her house in the town of Musa Qala in  Helmand province on April 9. (Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images) <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo8" target="_blank">#</a>      <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_april_2011/bp9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo9" target="_blank">9</a>   Afghan children play on an amusement ride in Kabul April 17. (Denis Sinyakov/Reuters) <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo9" target="_blank">#</a>      <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_april_2011/bp10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo10" target="_blank">10</a>   Afghan soldiers and local boys swim in a canal outside Combat Outpost  Nolen in the Arghandab Valley north of Kandahar April 13. (Bob  Strong/AP) <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo10" target="_blank">#</a>      <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_april_2011/bp11.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo11" target="_blank">11</a>   A boy watches as a U.S. Army patrol walks past near Strongpoint Manley  in Arghandab Valley, north of Kandahar, April 12. (Bob Strong/AP) <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo11" target="_blank">#</a>      <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_april_2011/bp12.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo12" target="_blank">12</a>   An Afghan tea maker yawns as he waits for customers in Kabul April 17. (Musadeq Sadeq/AP) <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo12" target="_blank">#</a>      <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_april_2011/bp13.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo13" target="_blank">13</a>   An Afghan soldier prepares to serve kabobs to U.S. Army soldiers during a  group lunch at Combat Outpost Nolen in the Arghandab Valley north of  Kandahar April 16. (Bob Strong/AP) <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo13" target="_blank">#</a>      <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_april_2011/bp14.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo14" target="_blank">14</a>   An Afghan man makes traditional bread in the town of Musa Qala in  Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on April 9. (Peter  Parks/AFP/Getty Images) <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo14" target="_blank">#</a>      <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_april_2011/bp15.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo15" target="_blank">15</a>   An Afghan man and woman cycle past the remains of the Darul Aman royal Palace in Kabul April 12. (Kamran Jebreili/AP) <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo15" target="_blank">#</a>      <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_april_2011/bp16.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo16" target="_blank">16</a>   An Afghan horseman holds a goat during a game of buzkashi, Afghanistan's  national sport, in the private grounds of First Vice President Marshal  Mohammad Qasim Fahim, in Kabul on April 15. (Kamran Jebreili/AP) <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo16" target="_blank">#</a>      <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_april_2011/bp17.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo17" target="_blank">17</a>   Captain Elizabeth Jackson from the U.S. 3rd Battalion 2nd Marine  Regimental Combat Team 8 watches an Afghan boy on a swing near the town  of Musa Qala in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on April 12.  (Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images) <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html#photo17" target="_blank">#</a>   <a href="https://groups.google.com/d/topic/lankawebnet/x6K4zzkMNbA/discussion" target="_blank">https://groups.google.com/d/topic/lankawebnet/x6K4zzkMNbA/discussion</a>Rep me ++ if you like this</blockquote>

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