The Afghan women farmers keeping their village alive

Among the snow-capped peaks of northeastern Afghanistan's remote highlands, a quiet story of resilience is unfolding in village fields. Women farmers there have become the backbone of their communities—managing crops and livestock through brutal weather and difficult terrain. According to RFI English, these women aren't just sustaining households; they're keeping their entire villages alive. It's work that rarely makes headlines, but in a region defined by hardship, it's everything.

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