Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, July 7, 2026 (AFP) - Women pushed back to Afghanistan pin hopes on rare private sector jobs

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2026-07-07

Alongside millions of Afghans, 21-year-old Fatima Ibrahimi was forced to return from Iran to a home country in the grips of a humanitarian crisis. Unlike many, though, she has found a rare glimmer of hope in a stable job at a dried fruit factory in northern Balkh province. "There are six of us in my family, and I am the only one working," Ibrahimi told AFP as she sorted raisins in the large factory hall in sweltering summer heat. She lived in Ira......

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