U.S. sanctions drag Afghan women back into poverty

STORY: U.S. sanctions drag Afghan women back into poverty DATELINE: April 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:22 LOCATION: BAMIYAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the view of Bamiyan and a craft market 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): HUMIRA AHMADI, Trader 3. various of a craft market in Bamiyan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SABIRA, Handicraft seller STORYLINE: In Afghanistan's Bamiyan province, Bazaarcha-e-Hunar used to be a popular handicraft market. In recent months, the market selling products made by local women has been losing popularity as tourism has dwindled to almost nothing. After the Taliban's takeover of the country last August, the U.S. government has frozen nearly 10 billion U.S. dollars of Afghan central bank assets, which has worsened the war-torn country's already fragile economy. U.S. President Joe Biden issued a decree in February, allocating 3.5 billion dollars of the Afghan assets for 9/11 victims' families and another 3.5 billion dollars for humanitarian assistance in Afgha

Poverty stalks picturesque Bamiyan province in Afghanistan

STORY: Poverty stalks picturesque Bamiyan province in Afghanistan DATELINE: March 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:15 LOCATION: BAMIYAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of Bamiyan province in AfghanistanSOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): HABIBULLAH, Bamiyan residentvarious of Bamiyan province in AfghanistanSOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): HABIBULLAH, Bamiyan residentSOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): NAJIBULLAH, Bamiyan residentSOUNDBITE 4 (Dari): MAHDI, Bamiyan residentSOUNDBITE 5 (Pashto): ABDULLAH SARHADI, Governor of Bamyiyan STORYLINE: With beautiful landscape and historical monuments including giant Buddhas, Bamiyan province in central Afghanistan was once a popular destination for tourists. Although it enjoys peaceful environment, Bamiyan is among the poorest provinces of Afghanistan. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): HABIBULLAH, Bamiyan resident I'm a daily wager, but I can't find work every day. If I work one day, the second day will be jobless, because the poor economy has drastically reduced job opportunities. I can hardly earn 150 - 200 afgha

Women Started Online Twitter Campaign - Afghanistan

Women Started Online Twitter Campaign - Afghanistan

★I am Afghan woman. This is my traditional Afghan dress. I do not allowed anyone to changed or to disregard my culture. We Afghans are proud of traditional & historical culture. Afghan women have started an online Twitter campaign to protest the Taliban's female dress code by posting photos with traditional clothes. The photos went viral with a hashtag: #DoNotTouchMyClothes. That hashtag and #AfghanistanCulture soon became a worldwide trend on social media. It all started with one photograph from Dr Bahar Jalali, a former history professor at the American University in Afghanistan. The photos, the hashtags and the viral online campaign soon became a global protest- where Afghan women were saying 'No' to the Taliban diktat on clothes. Dr Bahar Jalali, an Afghan historian and gender studies expert, posted the first photo using the #DoNotTouchMyClothes hashtag, which has since inspired Afgha