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A Free Library for Women to Learn

A Free Library for Women to Learn

A female-owned library in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul recently opened its doors hoping it could provide a space for girls barred from seeking education to study there.

Families Across Afghanistan Respond to Floods

Natural Disaster

Families Across Afghanistan Respond to Floods

Recent devastating floods across several Afghan provinces left a trail of destruction in its wake, and scores of Afghans homeless.

Going Green and One With Nature

Going Green and One With Nature

Hassan Qasemi has been a hard working florist and gardener half his life. He now owns a greenhouse and sells 30 types of flowers in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul.

Book Exhibition Revitalizes Afghans’ Hopes

Book Exhibition Revitalizes Afghans’ Hopes

Female volunteers in #Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province organized a book exhibition aimed at promoting the culture of reading nearly a year after the Taliban takeover.

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A Farmer's Day

Abdul Basir Baqizada has been a farmer since he was 15. He has provided for his family’s expenses through this trade/skill for the past 25 years.

Affordability and Quality of Medication Questioned by Afghans

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.

Blind Afghan Girl Tops Her Class

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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.

Drought Hits Afghanistan’s Southwest Hard

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.

Herat Industries in Nine Month Freefall

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.

Home-Based Restaurant Gives Afghan Woman Purpose and Pay

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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.

Mistreatment, Humiliation Nothing New for Afghan Refugees in Iran

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.

Childhood, Games, and Imagination at Play

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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.

Opium Harvest in Full Swing in Afghanistan’s South

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.

School for Girls Above 6th Grade Remains Closed in Afghanistan

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.

Prevalence of Blood Cancer Increasing in Kandahari 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