Afghanistan: A Bright Future or An Economic Wasteland?
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An Afghan man carries balloons for sale as he walks at Shuhada Lake in Kabul on February 10, 2014. Despite economic improvement in the last decade, Afghanistan is still extremely poor.
( WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP / Getty )
( WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP / Getty )