Health Affordability and Quality of Medication Questioned by Afghans Afghans in the capital Kabul lament the recent increases in prices and low quality of medication while the authorities & pharmacists point to several factors.
OneDayinAfghanistan Blind Afghan Girl Tops Her Class Malalai has been blind since birth, is in 4th grade and tops her class. She studies in a small school in Oruzgan province, loves Pastho literature and memorizes everything she hears.
Economy Worn Out Currency; Another Problem Afghans Have to Face Doing everyday business is becoming harder for cash-strapped Afghans in Afghanistan’s western Herat as the number of worn-out, over-used bills increase daily.
Drought Drought Hits Afghanistan’s Southwest Hard Persistent drought over the past several years in Afghanistan threatens the Khash family’s way of life, who have been farmers for most of their adult lives.
Natural Disaster After Quake, Afghans Afraid to go Inside A devastating earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan’s Paktika province killed more than 1,000 people, wounded at least 2,600 others and destroyed or damaged 2,500 homes.
OneDayinAfghanistan Seasoned Teacher Opens School for Taliban’s Children Former Afghan teacher opens a school in his village to educate children. The village lacked access to education for years due to the continuous war in Afghanistan.
Women Factory Employing Women Makes 5,000 Breads a Day Around 50 women work at a bakery in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province producing around 5,000 homemade bread a day.
Human Rights Their Last Resort Was to Stop Breathing One of the less talked about problems among Afghan youth is committing suicide. Relatives think several factors played into their loved ones ending their lives.
OneDayinAfghanistan Discrimination Persists Despite Prevalence of Disabled Adults Afghanistan has one of the highest rates of disability in the world. In addition to suffering from disability, Afghans with the condition have to also endure society’s lack of awareness and ridicule towards them.
Drought Nimroz Residents Suffer From Water Shortage Prices for potable water have increased two-fold in southwestern Nimroz, one of the driest provinces in Afghanistan.
Women Firoza: the Backbone of Her Family Sensational Afghan woman takes care of her family while being a mountain of support for her relatives despite life’s many challenges.
Economy Taliban Apply New Fees for Roadside Stalls in Kabul Street merchants in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul lament the Taliban’s new rule; the mandatory purchase of municipality-made carts and monthly rent, which the merchants say is difficult to pay considering the country’s current economic crisis.
Economy Potter Carries on Family Business A potter in Afghanistan’s eastern Laghman province makes a living from the business that has been in the family for the past seven decades.
Wildfire Wildfire in Nuristan Burns Vital Source of Income Resident of one of the villages in conflict over pine nuts harvest in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province set fire to the forest after a round of discussions didn’t gain any tangible results.
OneDayinAfghanistan Paying for University by Fixing Shoes Noorullah Ahmadi’s life as a shoe cobbler in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province may have been rough, but he has paid his family’s expenses through the business for more than two decades.
Women Kandahari Women: No to Forced Hijab Afghan women in southern Kandahar want the Taliban to recognize and understand that Hijab, which has been part of the Afghan culture & Islamic rule for centuries, is not more important than preventing millions of Afghans from dying of starvation.
OneDayinAfghanistan Tea in Twenty, Sunshine Not Included The absence of a reliable power grid has made many Afghans, including ironsmith Najibullah Nazari improvise. Mr. Nazari makes solar cookers that can boil 2 liters of water in less than 20 minutes.
Women Kabul Widows Struggle to Survive Afghan widow breadwinners in Kabul struggle to make ends meet as the economic crisis continues in Afghanistan.
Education The Children Who Have Never Set Foot in School The ugliest toll of war in Afghanistan, has been depriving children of their right to education. In this One Day in Afghanistan episode, we focus on children in Helmand’s Marjah district, who have never set foot in a school.
Women Murdered Teacher More Than a Statistic 29 year-old Khatera Noorzehi was a school teacher vocal about her anti-Taliban rhetoric following the group’s victory in Afghanistan. She was killed in the beginning of May after a group of men strangled her to death using her own scarf.
OneDayinAfghanistan Journalists Open Faizabad's First Tailoring Shop for Women As #Afghanistan’s economic situation takes a turn for the worst and jobs become scarce, women struggle to find employment that will meet their needs.
Women Female Business Owners Concerned About Future Afghan female business owners face increasing concerns over the future of their trade under new Taliban rule as a host of challenges - including government sanctions, and economic collapse - fuel staggering unemployment rates and rattle Afghanistan.
OneDayinAfghanistan Afghan Shepherd Faces Economic Collapse & Drought For this episode of One Day in Afghanistan, we have gone to the far reaches of western Afghanistan to bring you a short story about a shepherd’s life in the #Afghan countryside.
Economy Herat Industries in Nine Month Freefall The Herat industrial town in Afghanistan lost a significant portion of its factories following the Taliban takeover of the country in mid-August of last year.
OneDayinAfghanistan Home-Based Restaurant Gives Afghan Woman Purpose and Pay Poverty was the drive for Feraiba Karimi to think creatively upon her return to #Afghanistan from neighboring Iran last year. Ms. Karimi now runs an affordable home-based restaurant.
