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

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. (Diaa Hadid/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. (Diaa Hadid/NPR)

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