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Half of Afghanistan, Snowbound for Winter

Half of Afghanistan, Snowbound for Winter

Each year the winter brings heavy rain and snow, cutting off travel between many of Afghanistan's provinces and districts. During the winter, more than half of Afghanistan's provinces are blanketed in snow for weeks at a time.

Garbage, Garbage, Everywhere

Garbage, Garbage, Everywhere

The lack of a garbage collection system due to inattention from the municipality, as well as the public’s lack of awareness have all joined forces in increasing Nili’s problem with trash.

Sugar Factories a Sweet Deal for Rural Villages

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Sugar Factories a Sweet Deal for Rural Villages

Afghan sugar producer employee 10 at his factory in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province. Factory owner Amrullah Kamawal started the business some three years ago using his own funds to purchase the machinery and equipment needed.

Will Vaccines Work, Is the Virus Real; Afghans Wonder

Will Vaccines Work, Is the Virus Real; Afghans Wonder

Misinformation, lack of awareness, and confusion surrounding the coronavirus is still spreading around Afghanistan. Additionally lack of understanding about the effectiveness and use of coronavirus vaccines plagues the effort to curb the pandemic.

Taliban Flog Civilian Accused of Adultery

Taliban Flog Civilian Accused of Adultery

Taliban flogged an Afghan civilian accused of adultery in south-central Oruzgan province last Tuesday.

Name Calling: an Afghan Curse

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Name Calling: an Afghan Curse

Muzghan Rawoofi helps her household by knitting and embroidery after returning to her hometown following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August of last year.

Afghan Artist Struggling to Survive

Afghan Artist Struggling to Survive

Afghan artist Qasim Jawad is struggling to make ends meet after his unemployment since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August of last year.

114 Families Receive Sustainable Electricity for 18,000 Dollars

114 Families Receive Sustainable Electricity for 18,000 Dollars

Resident of a village in Afghanistan's southeastern Ghazni province built 4 dams 16 years ago to power their village as hopes for government provided electricity in the far reaching regions dwindled.

Badakhshan’s First Restaurant for Women Struggles to Keep Doors Open

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Badakhshan’s First Restaurant for Women Struggles to Keep Doors Open

Opened as the first restaurant explicitly for women, Kad Banoo has been forced to allow more male patrons in order to encourage families, without whom the restaurant could not afford to stay open.

Freelance Translator

Location: Home Based Role objective Alive in Afghanistan (AiA) is looking for a Translator to interpret written, audio and video pieces in Dari and Pashto, making sure to maintain their original meaning, format and tone. Translator responsibilities include reading/watching interviews and thoroughly understanding the context of given material, using

Struggling with Poverty and Trauma, Millions of Afghans Turn to Drugs

Struggling with Poverty and Trauma, Millions of Afghans Turn to Drugs

Around 6 million Afghans are estimated to be addicted to drugs. Afghanistan is also the largest producer of opium in the world. Alive in Afghanistan talks to those most affected by drug use, the individuals and their families.

Afghans Call President Biden's Executive Order Illogical and Unjust

Afghans Call President Biden's Executive Order Illogical and Unjust

“People are selling their children due to hunger” Mr. Qasim Ekhtiari, a 40 year-old professor from Daikund told Alive in Afghanistan, expressing his shock and anger at an announcement by President Joe Biden last week.

Disability Does not Stop Mama Aziz

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Disability Does not Stop Mama Aziz

65 year-old shoe cobbler Mama Aziz Sultani became paralyzed from waist down after an accident while digging a well in Afghanistan’s western Herat province. Since then he has been taking care of his family by cobbling/polishing shoes.

Eshtarlay, One of Afghanistan's Many Remote, Snowy Districts

Eshtarlay, One of Afghanistan's Many Remote, Snowy Districts

Eshtarlay, a district in Afghanistan’s central Daikundi province, is predominantly populated by Hazaras, one of the main ethnic groups in Afghanistan.

Suicide Bomber Who Killed U.S. Troops and Afghans "Likely" Used Unguarded Route to Kabul Airport Gate

Suicide Bomber Who Killed U.S. Troops and Afghans "Likely" Used Unguarded Route to Kabul Airport Gate

By: Brian J. Conley, Mohammad J. Alizada, Samira Nuhzat, Abdul Ahad Poya and Mirzahussain Sadid, Alive in Afghanistan, Joshua Kaplan and Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, and Lynzy Billing, for ProPublica Paths left unsecured by U.S. military sped the evacuation of American citizens and Afghan allies. The attack killed 13 U.

A City Without a Plan, the Hurdles of a Snowy Kabul Winter

A City Without a Plan, the Hurdles of a Snowy Kabul Winter

Written by Mirzahussain Sadid, edited by Mohammad J. Alizada and Brian J. Conley “Kabul bay zar basha, bay barf nay.” May Kabul be without jewels but not without snow is a phrase as old as the city’s history. But snow is not always a welcome sight in the tightly-packed

A Symbol of Resistance, Pakhols Stay in the Afghan Market

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A Symbol of Resistance, Pakhols Stay in the Afghan Market

— One Day in Afghanistan — Reporting by Khalid Khadim, written by Abdul Ahad Poya and M. Jawad Alizada, edited by Brian J. Conley ASADABAD — In a blue-tiled room jammed with sewing machines and pictures of natural spaces the eyes of several men dart between the TV and work as the cricket

Heavy Rainfall in Kandahar Brings Hope to Farmers and Nuisance to City Residents

Heavy Rainfall in Kandahar Brings Hope to Farmers and Nuisance to City Residents

Written by Nazar Mohammad Razmal Zaman, edited by Mohammad J. Alizada and Brian J. Conley KANDAHAR — Recent rainfall in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province hit by persistent drought over the past several years have somewhat removed fears of continuous drought in the province. But the province is far from eradicating

Report: U.S. Marines Returned Fire After Suicide Bombing, but No Enemies Were Shooting at Them

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Report: U.S. Marines Returned Fire After Suicide Bombing, but No Enemies Were Shooting at Them

by Brian J. Conley and Mohammad J. Alizada, Alive in Afghanistan, and Joshua Kaplan [https://www.propublica.org/people/joshua-kaplan] and Joaquin Sapien [https://www.propublica.org/people/joaquin-sapien], ProPublica [https://www.propublica.org/] This article was co-published with ProPublica [https://www.propublica.org/article/report-u-s-marines-returned-fire-after-suicide-bombing-but-no-enemies-were-shooting-at-them] , a nonprofit newsroom that

Hospitality for Travelers, an Afghan Tradition

Hospitality for Travelers, an Afghan Tradition

Reporting by Mirzahussain Sadid, Abdul Ahad Poya, Abdul Karim Azim, written by Mohammad J. Alizada and edited by Brian J. Conley Afghanistan is a mountainous country in the heart of Asia, filled with breathtaking natural beauty and historical sites dating back thousands of years over which multiple civilizations left their

Woman Owned Businesses at Risk in Afghanistan

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Woman Owned Businesses at Risk in Afghanistan

— One Day in Afghanistan — Reporting by Abdul Karim Azim, written by Abdul Ahad Poya, edited by Mohammad J. Alizada and Brian J. Conley ZINDA JAN — In a country where patriarchy is more dominant now than ever, women continue to be cast out from the social fabric, and deprived of education

When Needing to Go Can Cost A Hospital Trip

When Needing to Go Can Cost A Hospital Trip

Reporting by Abdul Karim Azim, Nazar Mohammad Razmal Zaman, written by Abdul Ahad Poya, edited by Mohammad J. Alizada and Brian J. Conley AFGHANISTAN — Afghanistan is traditionally a religiously conservative country that fell to the Taliban, a militant group fighting the previous Afghan government and its allies since the American

Searching for Gold in Gravel

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Searching for Gold in Gravel

— One Day in Afghanistan — Reporting By Rahmatullah Bedar, written by Abdul Ahad Poya and Mohammad J. Alizada, edited by Brian J. Conley Did you know how artisanal miners separate gold from gravel and sand off a riverbed? To find out, this time I have come to a bordertown in Afghanistan’

Sanitation, Kabul’s Mountain of a Problem

Sanitation, Kabul’s Mountain of a Problem

Written by Abdul Ahad Poya, edited by Mohammad J. Alizada and Brian J. Conley “When it rains we take the water, and wash the fecal matter down the slope, which creates a huge annoyance for people, but if we had proper sewage system, this wouldn’t happen,” this is a

Afghanistan’s Southern Kandahar, Known for Finest Embroidery Across the Country

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Afghanistan’s Southern Kandahar, Known for Finest Embroidery Across the Country

— One Day in Afghanistan — Written by Nazar Mohammad Razmal Zaman, edited by Mohammad J. Alizada and Brian J. Conley KANDAHAR — A small red radio set up against the wall plays a local station in the background while two women sit around it putting needles through pieces of brown and cream-colored