Helping Hands

12/03/01, Kunduz, Afghanistan, (FLOAT) (FGN) (DIGITAL)-Mira Hamad, 11, carried pipe for wood burning stove, home as the winter approched at Kunduz Bazaar in Kunduz. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)

12/02/01, Alchin, Afghanistan, (CHILDREN) (FGN) (DIGITAL)-Ambrook, 6, right, and his brother, Baryallai, left, carried basket of water they got from a well, to place in the basket on the donkey at a village called Alchin near Kunduz. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)

12/02/01, Kunduz, Afghanistan, (CHILDREN) (FGN) (DIGITAL)-Sorab, 13, who has been working in the shop for last three years, giving his hand to fix a shock system in a jeep, in Kunduz. He wants to be a mechanic. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)

12/23/01, Kabul, Afghanistan, (FLOAT) (FGN) (DIGITAL)-Mill Agha, 10, left, Habibulah, 7, front, and Jamila, 5, right, all siblings, crused through a road with a cart in Kabul in Afghanistan. They are porters and they are on the way to a customer who asked them to carry clothings. They make 20,000-30,000 Afghanis (US$1.20 to $2) a day together. They have never thought about their future and didn't know what they want to be when asked. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)

01/14/02, Kabul, Afghanistan, (SITE) (FGN) (DIGITAL)-Aziz, 6, who sells tea, waited for customers by Kabul river at Pul-i-Bahg-i-Umumi, public bridge garden which is a famous bazaar, in Kabul. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#200200307

12/02/01, Kunduz, Afghanistan, (MECHANIC) (FGN) (DIGITAL)-Akhmad Jaweed, 11, left, and Mansoor, 10, right, repairing a jeep starter, at their father's shop, at Nazukmeer Market in Kunduz in Kunduz. Akhmad Jaweed wants to be a teacher and Mansoor wants to be a mechanic. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)

01/21/02, Kabul, Afghanistan, (BIRD) (FGN) (DIGITAL)-Buzarg, 15, waited for customers at his bird shop on 'Kah Frooshi' Street, meaning Grass Seller Street, it used to be full of shops selling animal feed, at Pul-i-Khishti area in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#200200314

12/15/01, Tangi Tashqurghan, Afghanistan, (FLOAT) (FGN) (DIGITAL)-Rahamat, 12, carried bunch of branches on his back with bare foot (EDN: I lifted them to see how heavy it is and I would say it's about 40 to 50 lbs) for three hours to sell them. It sells for 100,000 Afghanis which equarls about US $2. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)