Child Labor Children Without a Childhood The number of families putting children like Mohammad and Mustafa to work is increasing across Afghanistan as poverty in the country marred by an economic crisis rises.
Culture Fashion Changes with the Government Afghans are transitioning more and more towards wearing Afghan clothes following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August of 2021.
OneDayinAfghanistan Profitable Profession to Barely Making By Jewelry smith Humayoun Khashi has been in the business for the past 25 years. He owns a store in northeastern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, taking care of his family through the business.
Women Pregnancy and its Perils Afghan women pregnant during or after the fall of Afghanistan talk about the perils of pregnancy and childbirth in a male-dominated country with low quality healthcare.
Economy Even Dung Must be Saved Women in northeastern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province earns a living by making dung cakes from cow excrement. Dung cakes are used as a fuel to heat up homes during winter.
OneDayinAfghanistan Family Lives on Scraps The Gala Bacha family are farmers who work on a melon farm in southwestern Afghanistan’s Nimroz province. Droughts over the past several years have hit them hard, forcing the family to ponder over the viability of their future in this village.
OneDayinAfghanistan Brick Maker: Work or Sell Your Children Saleh Noorzai is a brick factory employee in southwestern Afghanistan’s Nimroz province who works 12 hour days just to earn a meager wage that barely keeps his family fed.
Drought The Lifeline of Families Carried by Children Water scarcity has been a problem for many years across Afghanistan. In Kandahar children as young as four carry water delivered by tankers to their households on a daily basis.
OneDayinAfghanistan Honey; There is Honey Guncha Gul Karimi is an inspiring businesswoman who started a honey production & processing factory in western Afghanistan’s Herat province 13 years ago.
Women Women in Badakhshan React to New Restrictions Women and girls in Faizabad, the capital of Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province lament the latest Taliban restrictions forcing them to wear a burqa or niqab when they are out.
OneDayinAfghanistan Contrary to Tradition, This Rancher is a Woman Karima is a hardworking Afghan woman who has spent most of her childhood and adult life tending to livestock. But she has made a business out of that skill now and takes care of her family through that.
Women A Free Library for Women to Learn A female-owned library in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul recently opened its doors hoping it could provide a space for girls barred from seeking education to study there.
OneDayinAfghanistan Female Baker Makes Famous Cookies Sakina Jamali is a 40 year-old baker who has been in the business of making the famous Badakhshani cookies for the past 16 years in northeastern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province.
OneDayinAfghanistan Distillery Hopes Afghans Go Local Afghan factory producing distilled products hopes that business revitalizes throughout Afghanistan. The factory owner says support for local produce is needed for factories to stand on their feet.
Natural Disaster Families Across Afghanistan Respond to Floods Recent devastating floods across several Afghan provinces left a trail of destruction in its wake, and scores of Afghans homeless.
Nature Going Green and One With Nature Hassan Qasemi has been a hard working florist and gardener half his life. He now owns a greenhouse and sells 30 types of flowers in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul.
Women Embroidery; the Delicate Art of Resistance Nargis Mahmoodi and her five children work every day as embroiderers to earn livelihood for their family in southwestern Afghanistan’s Nimroz province.
Culture Book Exhibition Revitalizes Afghans’ Hopes Female volunteers in #Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province organized a book exhibition aimed at promoting the culture of reading nearly a year after the Taliban takeover.
OneDayinAfghanistan A Farmer's Day Abdul Basir Baqizada has been a farmer since he was 15. He has provided for his family’s expenses through this trade/skill for the past 25 years.
Women Lifting the Veil; Life for Women in Rural Afghanistan The women of Gizab, a district in Afghanistan’s central Daikundi province live a life confined to the four walls of their home while betrothed against their will for a dowry that, unless rich, cannot be paid for years.
OneDayinAfghanistan When Art is Your Only Means of Escape Mixed media artist Mohammad Rafiq Sadiq is a businessman from Afghanistan’s southwestern Nimroz province who uses art as an escape from the continuous conflict that has torn his country apart.
Women Afghan Journalist Eyes Bleak Future Mushtari Mashal worked hard to get a degree in journalism, a profession she has been passionate about since childhood, but despite her hard work she is still unemployed.
OneDayinAfghanistan No School for This District Chinarto, a district in Afghanistan’s Oruzgan province has no access to education and hasn't for the last four decades, according to its residents. Children here have grown up illiterate for generations.
Investigative Afghanistan’s Problem With Dogs Reporting by Razia Jafari and Abdul Karim Azim, written by Abdul Ahad Poya, edited by Mohammad J. Alizada & Brian J. Conley Alive-in is a not-for-profit media agency that mentors journalists from underrepresented communities to increase local and international understanding. Click the button below to receive our stories directly in
OneDayinAfghanistan Young Carpet Weaver Makes Beautiful Designs Zaynab is an Afghan carpet weaver keeping the tradition and culture alive. She knows patterns by memory and has worked in the industry for more than six years.
