Here's a collection of images of daily life in Afghanistan and Pakistan made by photojournalists from the Associated Press during the last two months. (22 images)
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Afghan women walk along a road leading to a hilltop as Kabul city is seen in the background in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Jan. 29. AP / Altaf Qadri
Afghans walk back home as night falls in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 2. AP / Altaf Qadri
An Afghan look towards an Afghan woman carrying her child as he fetches water from a well at an impoverished colony in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 24. AP / Altaf Qadri
Afghan women get a ride in the bed of a car in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Friday, Jan. 29. AP / Allauddin Khan
An Afghan youth is seen through second-hand clothes as he pushes his empty cart to be hired in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, Feb. 21. AP / Musadeq Sadeq
An Afghan beggar, in blue, sleeps as her child is seen with her, waiting for alms in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 1. AP / Rahmat Gul
An Afghan tire repair youth talks on his phone, as he waits for customers in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, Feb. 21. AP / Rahmat Gul
An Afghan woman stands in front of a bakery to beg for bread in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Jan. 28. AP / Musadeq Sadeq
An Afghan man carries his bicycle through a muddy street at a market place in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 2. AP / Altaf Qadri
Pakistani street barber Rahmat Mseeh, 70, shaves Nuwab Dundah, 80, at an alley of a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 2. AP / Muhammed Muheisen
An Afghan boy plays on the roof of an old discarded vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Jan. 29. AP / Ahmad Massoud
Afghan refugee children gather in a poor neighborhood of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 27. AP / Muhammed Muheisen
An Afghan refugee girl, left, looks on while standing with her sister, outside their house, in a poor neighborhood of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 27. AP / Muhammed Muheisen
A Pakistani girl, plays with her brother outside their makeshift tent in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Thursday, Jan. 28. AP / Muhammed Muheisen
Pakistani villagers in search of water in Jafarabad, Pakistan on Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. People are suffering from water shortage due to long dry spell. (AP Photo/ Fida Baluch) AP / Fida Baluch
Pakistani and Afghan refugee men are seen attending Muslim's Maghreb or dusk prayer next to a grocery store in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 22. AP / Muhammed Muheisen
A Pakistani family gathers around a fire to warm themselves inside their makeshift tent on a roadside during a rainy day, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Feb. 24. AP / Muhammed Muheisen
Two Pakistanis run while playing cricket in a field on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 1. AP / Muhammed Muheisen
A Pakistani devotee smokes hashish during the annual festival of the 14th century Sufi saint Mian Mir in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 22. AP / K.M.Chaudary
Pakistanis wait for their orders at a roadside food vendor on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Feb. 24. AP / Muhammed Muheisen
editor's note: An image from Jerusalem's Old City mistakenly appeared in this location. It has been removed.
Pakistani vendors unload oranges at a vegetable and fruit market in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 28. AP / K.M.Chaudary
A Pakistani coffee and tea vendor, left, looks on while waiting for customers, as others gather around a fire waiting their turn to have a hair cut at a street barber, in a Christian neighborhood of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan. 30. AP / Muhammed Muheisen
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