Outside in the street, a seemingly endless queue of people have been waiting in line since dusk for a passport. Some of them shared their experiences and told us why they want to leave.
One Autumn day in 1998, seven-year old Zarghona Darya was doing her homework on the floor of the family house in Bamyan province.
The United Nations Development Programme in Afghanistan, in cooperation with the Afghan Ministry of Economy, ran a countrywide photo contest called “My Country Through My Own Eyes” to promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to display progress of the SDGs in Afghanistan. The contest had two categories: photos taken on mobile phones by amateurs and photos by professional photojournalists.
Sharp, outspoken and confident: twenty-four-year-old Muqadasa Ahmadzai wears a veil, but it cannot hide these qualities.
Sofi Mohammed Alim, a 67-year old man from Yangi Qala district, Takhar Province, has seen a lot. He remembers the time, not long ago, when the bridge across the River Kildish was so dilapidated that villagers were afraid to cross.
Shaesta Waiz arrived in Kabul. On her stopover in Kabul, she appeared at a gathering of over 200 schoolgirls, an event organized jointly by UNDP and the Department of Education.
Choices! All of UNDP Afghanistan in 2 minutes (VIDEO)
What do schools, bridges, the police and wind farms have in common? See how UNDP ties all of its work together and to get a snapshot of what UNDP in Afghanistan does to help build a healthier, safer and fairer Afghanistan in this beautiful two-minute beautiful video.
Afghanistan in photos
Check out what we do and who we work with. Take a tour of UNDP’s work in photos to change the lives of ordinary Afghans.
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About Afghanistan
31.7%
of Afghans are literate
35.8
is the national poverty line
17.5
is the median age in Afghanistan
8.3%
of people uses internet