Faces of Hope in Afghanistan

A third of the population in Afghanistan live under the poverty line. One in six children die before their fifth birthday, and the average life expectancy is 44. But people there are still full of hope.   British photographer Martin Middlebrook was commissioned by the Afghan Government to document the hopes and aspirations of ordinary people across Afghanistan, as part of the Kabul International Conference, which was held in Kabul in July 2010.