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Economy

Figs Are Not Enough

Farmers in Zinda Jan, the district that accounts for the majority of figs produced in Afghanistan’s Herat province, lament the lack of demand and inaccessibility to international markets.

Girls

Apprenticeship Gives Afghans Hope

40-year-old Wahida Wahaj reopened a workshop that teaches girls and women embroidery, tailoring and carpet weaving in northeastern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province.

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A Day with a Broom Maker

Mah Sultan is a woman making the brooms in southwestern Afghanistan’s Nimroz province in order to help take care of her family. She barely makes enough from the business, but has no choice in the matter.

Disability

Disability, Afghanistan’s Hidden Scourge

The lack of government resources for disabled Afghans has left this marginalized group to fend for themselves, while the discrimination, humiliation and disrespect they face on a daily basis just adds salt to their wounds.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Women

Entire Villages Illuminated Thanks to Female Traders

written by Alain Majesté Barenga NYARUMURI, BURUNDI–Along Burundi’s borders with Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo poverty and unemployment are rampant. Sixty percent of the population are unemployed and most of the population live on less than 300 dollars per year. Despite the circumstances in these villages,

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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.

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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.