Mahgul, 69, prepares dough to make bread in her kitchen in Kabul Mahgul has tried single-handedly to provide for her siblings over the years. She used to have a cow, whose milk she sold for a meagre sum, but the task became too difficult as she got older and she was forced to sell the animal. She never had the chance to pursue her own dreams or get married, a particularly tough fate for women in Afghanistan, where there are few opportunities for economic independence