Friday, July 16, 2010

A salesperson holds a piece of gold jewellery

To go with focus story Afghanistan-unrest-economy-gold by Lynne O'Donnell In a picture taken on February 4, 2010 a salesperson holds a piece of gold jewellery at Sayed Samim Reza Gold store in Kabul. Sayed Mukhtar's shop in downtown Kabul is heaving with heavy 24-carat gold necklaces, rings and bracelets gleaming under fluorescent lights, but buyers these days are few and far between. Business is down 90 percent in the past year, Mukhtar said, blaming the increasingly volatile security situation as the war against Taliban militants drags into a ninth year.
 A salesperson holds a piece of gold jewellery at Sayed Samim Reza Gold store in Kabul. 
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