08 Feb 2010 | no comments » Children, hazara, women
Education is a source of social and economic advancement as well as a vehicle for teaching children to be good citizens. She is a young girl in district of Sharestan (Shahrestan) province of Daikundi, who never had opportunity to go to school. For the last years, billions of dollars poured in Afghanistan but life in Hazarajat central part of Afghanistan never improved. Hazaras as a minority are almost forgotten. Estimates suggest that 30% of Afghan children are engaged in child labor, and discriminatory traditional practices make girls more vulnerable.
12 Jan 2010 | no comments » war, women
Mursal is a 26 years old Afghan widow. She has an 8 years old son. She lost her husband, her son and a nephew in US air strike after September 11. They were living nearby a Taliban military base in northern Kabul when the US bombed Taliban base, the bomb missed its target and hit their houses. Now, she is returned back to her father’s house but his older brother is also a victim of war who lost one of his legs. Afghan Widows struggle to survive because of limited options for women to earn an income. Options outside the home are limited where the Taliban holds sway in Afghanistan.
25 Dec 2009 | no comments » women
There are over 1.5 million widows out of an estimated 26.6 million people in Afghanistan, according to Beyond 9/11, a US-based nonprofit group that provides direct financial support to Afghan widows and their children. Some 50,000-70,000 widows live in Kabul alone, it says. The government of Afghanistan does not have an accurate figure for the number of widows in the country, but some officials say there are more than 1.5 million. She is setting in corridor of a local restaurant in Kabul for begging to feed herself and her children.
11 May 2009 | 2 comments » women
This family spend their weekend at the Kabul zoo by the Kabul dry river bed which is not attractive but the question is; where they should go? If you are in Kabul, you would wonder where you can go for picnicking.
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