M.F. Moonzajer is a former intern for the United Nations Secretariat in Bonn, Germany, an International Development Research Center of Canada scholar, the current editor of the International Scientific Journal of Issues, Research and Essay (JSRE), and a senior project manager for the Internews International Network. He has BA in Journalism and a Master’s degree in Development Studies. You can reach him at Moonzajer@gmail.com or www.Moonzajer.com.
In this photograph taken on December 29, 2014, an Afghan customer (2nd L) counts his Afghani currency notes at a currency exchange market along the roadside in Kabul. The Taliban insurgency may still be raging but the poor state of the economy could pose a bigger threat to Afghanistan's long-term viability, and huge mineral reserves are unlikely to offer a quick fix. In Kabul's Sarayee Shahzada market, moneychangers wave thick bundles of Afghanis, dollars, rupees and dirhams, but the customers are not packing the alleyways like they used to and business is well down on two years ago. AFP PHOTO / Wakil Kohsar (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images)
