Afghan children play on a frozen lake in Kabul, on January 18, 2012. The heavy snowfalls that have blanketed large parts of Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people, could end a long-running drought that last summer threatened millions of people with severe food shortages, government and aid officials said.&nbsp;(Reuters/Omar Sobhani)&nbsp;
From The Atlantic&rsquo;s&nbsp;January 2012 collection&nbsp;of images from Afghanistan, part of an&nbsp;ongoing monthly series.