Small businesses a lifeline for Afghan women facing Taliban restrictions
Voice of America
FILE - A burqa-clad Afghan woman prepares bread at a workplace to sell at a market in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2023.
Zuhal Akbari has opened a new pastry factory in the western Afghan city of Herat, recruiting women “so that they can do something for themselves, their families and their health.”
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