May 11, 2008
Spiralling food prices take joy out of Afghans' life
“The prices have gone up and we can't always afford our three meals a day”
KABUL * Shamsuddin, his wife and their three children sit cross-legged on the floor around the cloth that Afghans traditionally eat off and use bread to pick from a single dish of cooked wax beans and onion. via The Peninsula
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