Breadwinners In Burqas: Female Entrepreneurs In Afghanistan

First Posted: 3/18/10 Updated: 5/25/11

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I first came to Kabul in the winter of 2005 to write about a topic considered unlikely by some and outlandish to everyone else: women's entrepreneurship. I was eager to hear the stories of women who had turned to small business to support their families and create jobs for their communities. And I was keen to see just what kinds of enterprises they were starting.

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