By 7 a.m., the bakers of Sang Tarashi Street have been hard at work for hours, shaping globs of dough, slapping them into a hot clay oven and flipping them out at just the right second. A stack of naan sits invitingly by the window, and the familiar morning smell wafts into the street. But the scene outside the window has a desperate feel. Customers ask for half their normal breakfast purchases. A carpenter counts out the equivalent of 40 cents and buys two naans, far too little to feed his family of seven. A gaunt man in a threadbare tunic hovers nearby, looking ashamed, until the bakery owner notices him and tosses him a piece. The man, a handcart hauler named Abdul Karim, said: "I have to rely on this baker's kindness so my children can eat. I do my best for them and work hard all day, but it is not enough anymore.' As the global food crisis deepens, bringing inflation and shortages to many countries, Afghanistan