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Taliban prime minister shocks Afghans by brushing aside famine fears

28/11/202115/06/2022

Taliban Prime Minister Mohammed Hassan Akhund has been criticised by Afghans and the international community over comments he made on the country’s worsening famine crisis. In his first speech since the extremist group took control of Afghanistan in August, Mr Akhund addressed the nation […]

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Can Good Saffron Change Lives? Mohammad Salehi Thinks So.

22/06/202123/06/2021

It is a warm spring afternoon in Herat Province in western Afghanistan. The winter was unseasonably short, and Mohammad Salehi is concerned that might have affected the sun-loving crops. Salehi closely inspects each deep-orange strand in the palm of his hand. […]

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Street snacks to sanitiser: the Afghan women fighting coronavirus in Kabul – The Guardian

10/06/202002/07/2020

Freshta had spent months building up a franchise business to help to feed her family – and break a few taboos on women at the same time – when coronavirus hit Afghanistan. In November, the engineering student, (who has asked to […]

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The Ultimate Comfort Food of Afghanistan Is Served From a Teapot – Heated

07/05/202026/05/2020

There is a certain method to having the chainaki, a wholesome meat soup made in a teapot, called “chainak” in the Afghan language of Dari. First, you take the large naan that comes with every serving and break into tiny […]

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In Kabul, Naan Endures – Heated

03/12/201915/04/2020

It’s 4 a.m. on a cold November morning and still pitch dark outside. The streets of Kabul are deserted, and the only souls on the street are the few Afghan soldiers patrolling heavily militarized checkpoints nearby. But there is a […]

#Afghan Food#Afghanistan#Conflict#Features#Food#Peace Process#Ramazan 2019#Women

Afghan minister for mines: As a woman I realise I have to work very hard

03/06/201910/05/2020

After a full day overseeing policy reforms in the mining sector of one the most sensitive and dangerous regions of the world, Nargis Nehan opens her door to friends and relatives for iftar. As she sets the table, carefully arranging […]

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A lament for the lost love of traditional Afghan music

31/05/201910/05/2020

Afghan musician Shafiq Baksh closes his eyes in reverence as the call to prayer wafts from the loudspeaker of a nearby mosque, marking the end of the day-long Ramadan fast. “The azaan is a kind of music that brings us […]

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For Afghan police, breaking fast on the job carries risk

24/05/201910/05/2020

Ezatullah Nizami Ahmadzai, a young Afghan policeman stationed at a small checkpoint on the outskirts of Kabul, was just sitting down with his compatriots, on Saturday, for iftar, the breaking of the fay-long fast that Muslims observe during Ramadan. Hardly […]

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Over iftar, Afghan Hazara family talk ISIS threat and Taliban return

16/05/201910/05/2020

As the sun set, we hurried through the streets of Dasht-e-Barchi on the western edge of Kabul. Our host, 40-year old Baqir Sangari, had called several times to check the instructions to his house in the largely Hazara Shiite community. […]

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View from the street: hoping against hope for peace in Afghanistan

10/05/201910/05/2020

The sun was setting over the Afghan capital on the second day of Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, prayer and good deeds, but municipality cleaners Zabihullah and Fahim were still out on the streets of Kabul, hours after their […]

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