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Afghanistan's "forgotten" poor wince as billions in aid go to badlands

AAB BAREEK/KABUL, Afghanistan, May 9 (Reuters) - For all the billions of dollars in foreign aid that have poured into Afghanistan over the past 12 years, Sajeda, her head-to-toe burqa covered in dust, sobs that the world has forgotten the poorest of the poor in the largely untroubled north of the country.

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