Afghanistan Reading Poetry on the Longest Night Shab-e Yalda celebrates the longest night of the year, it is an important festival for Afghan, Iranian, Tajik, Kurdish, and Azeri communities, regarded as a time of blessings and the resurgence of love and the sun.
OneDayinAfghanistan The 102 Year Old Afghan Leathersmith One of the oldest man in western Afghanistan’s Herat province keeps one of the most ancient professions alive.
OneDayinAfghanistan Her Studio is Her Whole World Diba Naseri’s world and her place of imagination is the tiny room she spends her time painting in. She is happy when she is painting, and nothing, not even the errors and mistakes in those paintings can take her out of her happy place.
Unemployment No Jobs, No Food, No Hope Afghans across the country lament the lack of employment while voicing concern over the increasing poverty.
OneDayinAfghanistan Camels Leave No Time for Tea Camel herder Habibullah Baloch spends at least half a year herding the animals in the deserts of southwestern Afghanistan’s Nimroz province.
Narcotics Afghan Drug Crisis, in the Words of Users Rampant poverty and the increasing unemployment rate, due to Afghanistan’s continuing economic crisis are playing a major role in the increase in the number of people with a substance use disorder. In Badakhshan alone, users have increased from 40,000 to 50,000 in the last year and a half.
Fashion Salon Eliminates Hair and Ignorance Customers waiting their turn at a salon in western Afghanistan’s Badghis province could take the time to read a book from the small library, an initiative by the owner who regrets not finishing school.
Weather Between Life and Death in Winter's Cold Afghans across the country endured an unprecedented cold snap in January that left dozens of people and thousands of livestock dead.
OneDayinAfghanistan Weaving a Life From Reeds and Straw Small, agricultural-based businesses are suffering the impact of Afghanistan’s economic crisis and the persistent drought devastating communities across the poverty-stricken country.
Culture Woman Opens First Bookstore in Badakhshan A woman in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan has opened the province’s first bookstore aiming to promote the culture of reading among the public.
OneDayinAfghanistan The Apple Farmer Serving Travelers Mahram Ali’s farmstand is the last stop before reaching a popular park along a highway connecting two of Afghanistan’s western provinces, Herat and Badghis, make it popular for tourists and locals alike.
OneDayinAfghanistan Grapes Feed Families Basir Ahmad Darwishi has worked as a raisin processor in western Afghanistan’s Herat province for the past 20 years. His business employs over a dozen locals annually, a vital resource considering the country’s economic situation.
OneDayinAfghanistan Ten Years’ Hard Labor, Feels Like One Hundred Zumarai Ahmadi has spent years working as a construction material salesman in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, selling everything he finds there; sand, gravel and rock.
OneDayinAfghanistan A Midwife with 40 Grandchildren In Badakhshan, where experience still rules over formal education, Alim Nesa has served her community as a home-based #midwife for the last 30 years.
Economy Salt, a Taste of a Larger Problem Laborers working at a salt factory in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul is barely making enough to feed their families as the country’s economic and unemployment crises continue.
OneDayinAfghanistan No Education, No Play, No Childhood Three teenagers work at a shade making workshop in Afghanistan’s Nimroz province. The teens say they have no choice but to be their family's breadwinners.
OneDayinAfghanistan Villager Establishes His Own School Abdul Qader saw no educational facilities upon return to his hometown of Qader Khan, a village in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. So he took it upon himself to open one.
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.
OneDayinAfghanistan 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.
OneDayinAfghanistan 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.
