Most Afghans Can’t Read, but Their Book Trade Is Booming

 Nuts come in from Iran and fresh fruit from Pakistan, even though Afghanistan grows both in abundance. Years of bloated foreign aid budgets have produced high salaries, destroying local industries. As a result, about the only thing the country does not import is opium.

And books.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/03/world/asia/afghanistan-kabul-books-publishing.html?