An Afghan balloon vendor walks past the HazrateAli shrine or Blue Mosque in Mazarisharif on September 21 2014 Afghanistan's economy has improved...
{"Image ImageDescription": "An Afghan balloon vendor walks past the Hazrat-e-Ali shrine, or Blue Mosque, in Mazar-i-sharif on September 21, 2014. Afghanistan's economy has improved significantly since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 largely because of the infusion of international assistance. Despite significant improvement in the last decade the country is still extremely poor and remains highly dependent on foreign aid.  AFP PHOTO / Farshad Usyan (Photo by FARSHAD USYAN / AFP) (Photo by FARSHAD USYAN/AFP via Getty Images)"}