Hunger and food prices push Afghanistan to brink
                   
iht.com     May 16, 2008            

Gaharid Olum sifted wheat at a small flour mill in Kandahar. Flour and bread prices have doubled in Afghanistan this month. (Antonio Olmos for The New York Times) Hunger and food prices push Afghanistan to brink : Thieves raided the city flour market in broad daylight a few weeks ago, shooting... [read full story]                    


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