Economy

Small businesses and family based initiatives from locals.

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The Woman that is Worth a Thousand Men

Amina is a champion of a woman who hardly realizes her resilience, hardwork and self-worth. While caring for livestock on her own  at home, she also bakes bread and washes her neighbors’ clothes for money, in order to take care of her family. She has done this throughout her life.

Economy

Banks Lack Cash to Pay Government Salaries

The banking system in Afghanistan is struggling to meet the demand of hundreds of customers lined up outside banks who sometimes wait for days to withdraw their meager salaries.

Education

Education is Not an Option for These Girls

Afghan children are increasingly joining the workforce in a country marred by poverty.

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Beautiful Woodworking, with Basic Tools

Afghan carpenter in the eastern Kunar province makes beautiful wooden products he sells on the side of the Kabul-Jalalabad highway.

Investigative

Little Hope the Taliban Can Solve Afghanistan's Numerous Crises

Today we ask Afghans for their honest opinions about the current crises.

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Pomegranates; a Source of Fruit and Craft

Kawaras "baskets" are used to transport pomegranates, grapes, and other fresh fruits from Kandahar’s orchards to markets both domestic and international.

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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.

Development

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.

Investigative

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.

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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’

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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

Economy

Afghans Rush Banks; Banks Running Out of Money

Written by Abdul Ahad Poya and Abdul Karim Azim, edited by Mohammad J. Alizada and Brian J. Conley AFGHANISTAN — Only two months’ worth of salaries for school teachers and 20 other government organizations were deposited into their bank accounts by the Taliban government on Tuesday, nearly five months after Afghanistan’

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Blacksmithing, an Ancient Profession Still Alive in Afghanistan

— One Day in Afghanistan — Reporting by Abdul Karim Azim, written by Abdul Ahad Poya and edited by Mohammad J. Alizada and Brian J. Conley QALA-E NAW — In the current situation where feeding a person in Afghanistan is difficult and people must knock on every door to earn something, a man

Economy

Cold Winter and Colder Homes; Cash-strapped Afghans Brace for Winter

Written by Abdul Ahad Poya, edited by Mohammad J. Alizada and Brian J. Conley With winter approaching, concerns among Afghans across the country and residents of capital Kabul are increasing. Unemployment, rising commodity prices, increasing poverty, hunger, skyrocketing drop of Afghani’s value against the dollar and the increasing decline

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Mill Town, Old Fashioned but Still Going Strong

— One Day in Afghanistan — Reporting By Qamaruddin Poya Aziz, written by Abdul Ahad Poya and Mohammad J. Alizada, edited by Brian J. Conley SAR-E PUL — Although technology has taken over the world, in parts of rural Afghanistan, people still use tried and true methods that have existed for centuries, one

Economy

Afghan Sells Family’s Clothes to Feed Her Children

Written by Abdul Ahad Poya, edited by Mohammad J. Alizada and Brian J. Conley The red polka-dot dress is hers, the white suit is her husband’s and the white track suit with black lines belongs to one of her sons. She has laid out her belongings on a walkway

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Afghanistan’s Red Gold; High Quality and Global Credibility

— One Day in Afghanistan — Reporting by Abdul Karim Azim, written by Abdul Ahad Poya, edited by Mohammad J. Alizada and Brian J. Conley HERAT — “Saffron farming is time consuming and requires patience,” Wazir Ahmad Azizi, a saffron farmer in Afghanistan’s western Herat province tells Alive in Afghanistan. Mr. Azizi

Economy

Desperate Afghans Sell Belongings to Survive Hunger

Written by Abdul Ahad Poya, edited by Mohammad J. Alizada and Brian J. Conley “I saved up money for years to buy and complete home appliances and necessities but after Ashraf Ghani fled and Kabul fell, I had no choice but to sell most of my valuable belongings out of

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Processing Cooking Oil the Old Way

Reporting By Qamaruddin Poya Aziz, written by Abdul Ahad Poya and Mohammad J. Alizada, edited by Brian J. Conley 62 year-old Mohammad Ishaq takes an empty glass, pours some oil into it from a large blue barrel with a steel cup and drinks it, in a don’t do this

Women

Female Teachers Face a World of Issues

Reporting by Sima Siwash, Abdul Karim Azim and Mirzahussain Sadid, written by Mohammad J. Alizada and edited by Brian J. Conley AFGHANISTAN — “I am not very hopeful, we received salaries for a single month after three months, we have no idea how long it might take to get paid for

Economy

Despair, Like Prices, on the Rise

Written by Mohammad J. Alizada, edited by Brian J. Conley AFGHANISTAN — Tears form in the eyes of an old, frail woman as she walks away in silence after being asked about her life and how she manages it. Ozra Wahidi, the woman selling plastic bags for 10 Afghanis ($0.11)

Education

Once Bustling, Kabul’s Bookstores Gather Dust

By Abdul Ahad Poya, edited by Mohammad J. Alizada and Brian J. Conley Lately only a limited number of people; those who are working on their dissertation or have specific needs, read books. It seems like reading is a forgotten phenomenon and bookstores are filled with books gathering dust. Many

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Famous for His Mule

— One Day in Afghanistan — By Sima Siawash, edited by Mohammad J. Alizada and Brian J. Conley NILI — Afghanistan is a mountainous country that is full of regions with rough terrain where modern technology still gives way to centuries old methods of transportation. The people of this country, especially those in

Crafts

Cobbling Together a Living

Reporters name withheld for their safety, edited by Mohammad J. Alizada and Brian J. Conley 70 year-old Karbalayi Abdullah is a shoe cobbler from Afghanistan’s central Bamyan province spends his days repairing shoes for customers in his little booth in capital Kabul’s western Dasht-e Barchi neighborhood to be

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Namad Bafi — a Handicraft for the Mountains

— One Day in Afghanistan — Reporting by Safoora Suhail, edited by Mohammad J. Alizada and Brian J. Conley Ishkashim — Handicrafts portray the culture of a country and show the ability and competence of her people. When it comes to Afghanistan, her handicrafts are among the best in the world. Although the