Photo: AFGHANISTAN: An Afghan child weaves a carpet

FE Team | Published: January 28, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

AFGHANISTAN: An Afghan child weaves a carpet at a traditional carpet factory in Herat on Monday. Some nine million Afghans or 36 per cent of the population are living in \"absolute poverty\" while another 37 per cent live barely above the poverty line, ac