Advancing women's issues in eastern Afghanistan
 

In Asadabad, a city near the Pakistan border in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, some 50 local women conducted a shura with a patrol from the NATO-led International Assistance Force (ISAF) made up mainly of female engagement team members. At the meeting, the participants discussed key issues – such as the lack of women-run businesses, training opportunities and education – as well as solutions with members from the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team, the Agribusiness Development Team and others.

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