When the world came to help Afghanistan, one of the things it did was to put up some traffic lights at some random locations. They work great, with numbers showing how long they plan to be red or green. However, driver's licences in Afghanistan are bought rather than earned, and the meanings of red/green and roman numbers are probably unfamiliar to most. Just like with any other rule or law in Afghanistan, no one really cares about the traffic lights. Neither do they care about driving on the right hand side of the road if it's empty on the left, or using the roundabouts if they can shortcut.
That might be one of the reasons why most buses in Afghanistan have been put on a pile in the bus graveyard. Without any proper service or functioning traffic, they probably do just as much good there as on the roads.
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