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.
OneDayinAfghanistan 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.
OneDayinAfghanistan 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.
OneDayinAfghanistan Journalists Open Faizabad's First Tailoring Shop for Women As #Afghanistan’s economic situation takes a turn for the worst and jobs become scarce, women struggle to find employment that will meet their needs.
Women Female Business Owners Concerned About Future Afghan female business owners face increasing concerns over the future of their trade under new Taliban rule as a host of challenges - including government sanctions, and economic collapse - fuel staggering unemployment rates and rattle Afghanistan.
OneDayinAfghanistan Afghan Shepherd Faces Economic Collapse & Drought For this episode of One Day in Afghanistan, we have gone to the far reaches of western Afghanistan to bring you a short story about a shepherd’s life in the #Afghan countryside.
Economy Herat Industries in Nine Month Freefall The Herat industrial town in Afghanistan lost a significant portion of its factories following the Taliban takeover of the country in mid-August of last year.
OneDayinAfghanistan Home-Based Restaurant Gives Afghan Woman Purpose and Pay Poverty was the drive for Feraiba Karimi to think creatively upon her return to #Afghanistan from neighboring Iran last year. Ms. Karimi now runs an affordable home-based restaurant.
Human Rights Mistreatment, Humiliation Nothing New for Afghan Refugees in Iran Frustration with Afghan refugees in Iran reached a boiling point after an Afghan was accused of stabbing three religious scholars and arrested in Mashhad, but Afghans living there say mistreatment of refugees is nothing new.
OneDayinAfghanistan Childhood, Games, and Imagination at Play Safa and Marwa are inseparable siblings who often spend the entirety of their day playing together, enjoying the simplicity and innocence of their childhood years - however, they are in the minority.
Narcotics Opium Harvest in Full Swing in Afghanistan’s South Opium harvest is in full swing in Afghanistan’s southern region. According to traders, the Taliban decree that banned the cultivation and trade of narcotics, including opium, earlier the month is a new interpretation of the old tactic; to restore the falling value of opium in the region.
Girls School for Girls Above 6th Grade Remains Closed in Afghanistan Confusion, anger, and grief seized Afghan students and their families on March 22nd, as schools for girls above 6th grade remained closed after the Taliban take-over. Over a month later, schooling above 6th grade is still banned in all but one Afghan province.
Children Prevalence of Blood Cancer Increasing in Kandahari Children Health officials in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province say a number of children diagnosed with thalassemia, an inherited blood disorder, may have been affected by the use of airstrikes during the drawn out US led intervention in Afghanistan
OneDayinAfghanistan The Female Seamstress and Her Taliban Customers Masooma Haidari didn’t give up hope and reopened her tailoring shop 20 days after the Taliban took over Afghanistan. What she didn’t expect is to be sewing clothes for members of the Taliban who have become her primary source of revenue.
Economy Afghans Frustrated by Ramadan Price Increases Afghans across the country feel increasingly frustrated due to increase in prices of daily goods during the month of Ramadan across the country.
OneDayinAfghanistan 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.
Food Traditional Herati Restaurant Attracts Customers with Poetry and Food Mawlana is a restaurant in Afghanistan's western Herat province, not only serving food, but has a small library dedicated to poems by Mawlana Jalaluddin Balkhi, otherwise known as Rumi.
OneDayinAfghanistan The Lives Impacted by Taliban Takeover Following Taliban's ban on live music in Afghanistan, a huge number of Afghan musicians earning an income by playing at events, lost it and now have to take care of their families using minimal resouces available
Investigative Fear on Every Corner, the Final Days of the U.S. War in Afghanistan In firsthand accounts, Afghan civilians and U.S. Marines describe the chaos and desperation outside Kabul's airport. The evacuation was marred by missteps, violence, and tragedy. Then a suicide bombing ripped through the crowd, killing and injuring hundreds. A bombing U.S. officials knew was coming. By: Brian
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.