Afghan bread, or naan, the humble centrepiece of every meal


By AGENCY
  • Living
  • Thursday, 26 Dec 2024

For many in Afghanistan – one of the poorest countries in the world where 12.4 million people live in acute food insecurity, according to the World Food Programme – bread makes up the largest part of meals. — Photos: Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)

Every day before dawn, Jamil Ghafori gets to work on the floor of a cramped Kabul bakery with five other men churning out thousands of traditional flatbreads – the staple of every Afghan meal.

The common bread Ghafori has made for 27 years is fluffy with a satisfying crunchy edge, where each piece has been slapped onto the wall of an earthen oven sunk into the floor.

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