Surviving on Two Slices of Bread
Tuesday, July 2, 2002
Life is slowly returning to normal in Kabul. The only thing the citizens desire is peace.
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It's 12 noon, time for rest and lunch. Mohamad Saleh hurriedly pedals his old bicycle to the nearest food stall. He's starving. He has taken in only a slice of bread and a cup of black tea since morning.
At the food stall the 51-year-old Saleh orders cheap fare—just two slices of bread and a plate of bland potato curry with bits of meat for 1,000 Afghani (about Rp1,000). "This is my lunch for the day," says Saleh.
Saleh has sp
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