A worker takes a break at a carwash along Qabri Gora Road in Kabul November 2, 2009. With Kabul's busy and dusty roads, business is always assured at the carwash, providing about a hundred Afghan men and young boys with an income in one of the poorest countries of the world. Picture taken November 2, 2009. Reuters Pictures 4 weeks ago

A worker takes a break at a carwash along Qabri Gora Road in Kabul November 2, 2009. With Kabul's busy and dusty roads, business is always assured at the carwash, providing about a hundred Afghan men and young boys with an income in one of the poorest countries of the world. Picture taken November 2, 2009.

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