viii, 104 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm.
Summary: “Afghanistan is a country in crisis. The insurgency is gaining ground, and the economy is experiencing its most sustained downturn since the fall of the Taliban, with unemployment reaching highs of 40%. People are fleeing the country by the hundreds of thousands. Against this background, Afghans are subjected to a government widely seen as corrupt, with administrative graft a daily blight on their lives…”—(summary page).