Afghan food stuff sellers talk, as they wait for customers in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday April 14, 2008. The price of wheat flour went up an average of 60 percent across Afghanistan last year. Prices have been rising around the globe because of a worldwide shortage of food staples. AP Photo logo AP Photo 19 months ago

Afghan food stuff sellers talk, as they wait for customers in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday April 14, 2008. The price of wheat flour went up an average of 60 percent across Afghanistan last year. Prices have been rising around the globe because of a worldwide shortage of food staples.

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