In Kabul, a new ritual: Hungry women wait for bread outside bakeries

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News : NPR Women in burkas sit outside a bakery in Kabul. Impoverished women from hilltop slums around Kabul have been flocking to bakeries in the city, silently waiting to see if someone will purchase bread for them.

Since the Taliban came to power, food insecurity has risen. Women in blue burqas sit in front of the city’s upscale bakeries, silently waiting for charitable passersby to purchase bread for them.

(Image credit: Diaa Hadid/NPR)

July 17, 2022 at 05:09PM Diaa Hadid

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