An Afghan boy rides a horse as the sun sets in Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) # Khadija, 40, sits in her cave early in the morning in Bamiyan on November 10, 2009. The cave dwellers here are all Hazara, who are religiously and ethnically distinct and survivors of intense persecution by the Taliban. Bamiyan, some 200 km (124 miles) northwest of Kabul, stands in
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