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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.

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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

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.