Faced with life-threatening hunger, thousands labor in the coal mines of Baghlan. But safety measures that the former government once provided are gone.
Tag: Taliban
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‘The Dreams We Had Are Like a Dream’
Conversations with Afghan girls about how life has changed under Taliban rule.
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A Bomb Crater as Business Partner for a Pit Stop on an Afghan Highway
Along a lonely stretch of what was once the most dangerous road in Afghanistan, everyone slows down when they reach Hafiz Qadim’s mud brick shop. It’s not the food. Or the gas. It’s the big hole.
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Rival Sept. 11 Victims Near Potential Deal to Divide Afghan Central Bank Assets
But another group opposes it. A court has not yet decided whether $3.5 billion in Afghan central bank funds can be used to pay Taliban debts.