Growing Vegetables—Changing a Life!
Zarghona, 35 years old, mother of three children from Narang district in Kunar, transformed her life through a simple act: growing vegetables.
Category: Stories
Afghan migrant laid to eternal rest with all aspirations
PUL-E-KHUMRI (SW) – With all his hopes and aspirations, Aziz Aagha; the young Afghan migrant from Baghlan province has been laid to eternal rest back in his home town after being shot dead by Iranian borders guards.
Living with bitter memories of irregular migration
FEROZ KOH (SW) – Mohammad Nader, a resident of Ferozkoh, the capital of Ghor province, has bitter memories of his short stay in Turkey after migrating irregularly via Pakistan and Iran.
From Parwan to EU; a migrant’s failed bid to reach his dreamland
CHARIKAAR (SW) – Young Parwan resident Hamid Hamidi spent all of his savings to try to reach Europe twice via Iran and Turkey, but failed despite enduring all the hardships.
Uncertain times leading to exodus of youth
KABUL (SW) – The uncertain times amid raging war and poverty have forced many Afghan youngster to flee for better life in the neighboring countries or Europe.
Thieves attacking Afghan migrants as ‘wild wolfs’
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – The evident signs of beatings by the Turkish border guards can still be seen on Shamsullah Ahmadzai body.
Grief of father’s death, joblessness during migration
KABUL (SW) – As the young and only breadwinner for an extended family, Lateef thought by migrating from Afghanistan to the UAE his troubles would end.
Migration leading to depression, addiction
KABUL (SW) – On the border with Iran, the Nimroz province of Afghanistan is home to a number of aspiring migrants as well as dejected returnees and deportees.
40 Afghans in EU saved from deportation since 2016
KABUL (SW) – Migration from Afghanistan surged in 2014 with the end of the NATO-led combat mission and departure of thousands of foreign troops.
Borrowing money on inflated interest to migrate
KABUL (SW) – To flee the ensuing violence and crippling poverty, many Afghan migrants even borrowed money on high interest rates just to flee from the country.
Continuing with the job of choice during migration
KABUL (SW) – Mohammad Aslam Taymour was an active media professional in Afghanistan before leaving the country about six years ago due to security concerns and settling in Switzerland.
A Helmandi youth’s tale of successful return from migration
LASHKARGAH (SW) – The phenomenon of migration caused by its push factors often has a set of problems and hardships, and even the threat of death with it, which only few migrants evade.
