Slideshow: Afghanistan daily life

Swimming pool
A young Afghan boy attempts to fly a kite in front of an unfinished Soviet-era swimming pool as sunsets in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009.
AP Photo/Altaf Qadri

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