Today, it is a nine-hour drive from Kabul to Bamiyan --- and the ride is one over broken roads that passes through some dangerous provinces.

CNN: Oasis from the ruins: Afghanistan opens first national park

In a global economy, a problem with leaky pipes or broken roads or old switches in one place can create a very real butterfly effect far away.

FORBES: It's Time To Upgrade The Entire World's Infrastructure

One cannot argue that we must reduce our deficit so that we do not leave our children worse off than our own generation while delivering to them a nation of broken down roads and bridges operated by systems that belong to an era that should already be relegated to history books.

FORBES: The Rust Belt Rains Red Due To Failure To Invest In Infrastructure

At Harrold in Bedfordshire, country park water bailiff Trevor Smith said 28 cars had broken down on flooded roads since Friday and motorists were still trying to get through.

BBC: Rain brings fresh flooding risk to England

Everything is so broken, Sophie: the roads, the buildings, the people.

NPR: Part One

And the idea of being foreigners caught with a broken-down car on the potholed village roads did not appeal at all.

BBC: Mexican rapes: 'I wish I didn't know the details'

Broken glass, destroyed motorcycles and overturned tables littered roads beside rows of burnt-out homes and shops, evidence of the widespread chaos of the last two days.

NPR: Sectarian Violence Kills At Least 20 In Myanmar