AdvertisementHe wanted his company to be the Etsy of Afghanistan. Now it has a crucial new missionSeptember 20, 2022Ruchi KumarfacebookEmailNasrat Khalid founded a company called Aseel to sell crafts from his native Afghanistan online. He pivoted to charity work after the Taliban took over, initially drawing on cash reserves to provide shelter and food to displaced Afghans. He now works from Arlington, Virginia, where he was photographed on Aug. 31. (Mostafa Bassim for NPR)