Flowers give hope to Afghan womenAfghan women at a graduation ceremony in ShebirghanSHEBIRGHAN, Afghanistan－Making artificial flowers has made Afghans feel as if it is spring all year round, says Fariha, 22, a flower maker in Afghanistan's northern province of Jawzjan. For the first time, a group of 30 flower makers, all females, have graduated from a vocational training program on the outskirts of the provincial capital Shebirghan since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in mid-...
