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Afghans are 'out of options' and desperately need realistic alternatives to poppy cultivation
By UN News
Aug 19, 2023 5:21 pm

As Afghanistan's widespread economic crisis drags on and jobs become scarcer, the women of Dogabad village are finding innovative ways to support their loved ones, even as their own lives seem grimmer than ever. In this impoverished neighbourhood of Kabul, against all odds, women are taking the lead.

The restrictions placed by the Taliban de facto authorities on women and girl's education and employment have shattered the dreams of many of the women here, but their spirits remain unbroken.

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