Two businessmen receive their ballot paper in Afghanistan
Photo: GIZ/Paulo
A businesswoman casting her ballot. GIZ supported female candidates in preparing their election campaigns.
Photo: GIZ/Paulo
Girls playing on a school playground in Mazar-e Sharif. They are some of the 1.4 million children in Afghanistan who are now being taught by well-qualified teachers.
Photo: GIZ/Radar Akbar
Reading and writing are the foundations for building a livelihood as an adult. For many years Afghan children were denied access to school - now they can catch up on everything
Photo: GIZ/Akbar
Girls were not allowed to go to school under the Taliban regime. Today 2.7 million girls attend school - and more are joining them every year
Photo: Rada Akbar / GIZ
Lessons at Batash Girls' High School
Photo: Bundeswehr / Martin Stollberg
The city library in Feyzabad is in the Feyzabad Culture and Information Office
Photo: REGIERUNGonline/Stollberg
Opening ceremony at the new school in Sarjangl built with GIZ support
Photo: Bundeswehr / Martin Stollberg
A tailor in Bazar e Tefaq
Photo: Bundeswehr / Martin Stollberg
Rice instead of poppies – alternatives to cultivating drugs in the agricultural sector
Photo: Bundeswehr / Martin Stollberg
A member of staff at the registry office learns how to use the computer. Funding provided by the Federal Foreign Office was used to buy new furnishings and equipment.
Photo: Bundewehr/Stollberg
A trader at the bazaar in Bazar e Tefaq. As part of a GIZ programme a new road was built connecting Bazar e Tefaq and Farambo and thus both towns with the outside world.
