An Afghan woman begger, points out to a driver for receive money at a traffic jam
in Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, 1/6/06. A photo exhibition on display in Kabul
is showing something rarely seen in public here: Afghan women smiling.
Taken during a photography course aimed at giving women skills to find jobs,
the pictures reinforce hopes that the lives of women are slowly improving,
but they also highlight the problems they still face four years
after the ouster of the Taliban regime.
(AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq) 1/11/06