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SLIDE SHOW Posted: December 7, 2009   
Afghanistan Rebuilding: Challenges Ahead FLASH VERSION
The need to fix Afghanistan's roads, schools and other facilities is just one part of the massive rebuilding effort that lies ahead. Mark Schneider, senior vice president at the International Crisis Group, describes the governmental and rule of law challenges that loom just as large.
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Produced by: Larisa Epatko
Afghanistan village, Students recite Islamic prayers in a makeshift outdoor classroom in the remote Wakhan Corridor of northeastern Afghanistan. The country of 28 million has a life expectancy age of 45 and literacy rate of 28 percent, according to the CIA World Factbook.
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Afghanistan village
Students recite Islamic prayers in a makeshift outdoor classroom in the remote Wakhan Corridor of northeastern Afghanistan. The country of 28 million has a life expectancy age of 45 and literacy rate of 28 percent, according to the CIA World Factbook.
Speaking: Mark Schneider of ICG
Photo Credit: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images, Audio Credit: Larisa Epatko
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