Download In Afghanistan, people are not just killed by the war – dirty water is even more lethal.

Last year the United Nations Children’s Fund reported only half of the population had access to safe drinking water.

And according to the latest government data, almost ten per cent of the country’s children die before their 5th birthday simply because of diarrhea.  

In the capital Kabul, many people still live in unplanned settlements with poor sanitation and no safe drinking water.

The government has been trying to tackle this issue, but shows no real signs of making progress.

Ghayor Waziri has this report.

Download More than 20 children under the age of 5 have died because of the fierce cold in Afghanistan over the past month.

They live in refugee camps in the capital Kabul after fleeing from war zones with their families.

According to the UN, there are around 35,000 people living in camps without any heating or electricity.

Zubair Babakarkhail visits the Nasaji refugee camp on a snowy day to meet a family who just lost their last child to the chills of winter.

Download Like the people of Afghanistan, the Kabul museum- home of Afghanistan's cultural heritage- has been through dark times.

During the civil war 70 percent of the museums artifacts were looted and sold on the black market.

In the spring of 2001, the Taleban smashed nearly 2000 sculptures held here. They declared the human images an offence to Islam, and broke them into pieces.

In recent years the museum has been given a fresh start.

Zubair Babakarkhail in Kabul paid a visit to the museum on a snowy day.

Download Sahar Gul is just 15 years old but she has suffered a great deal in her short life.

After marriage she was locked up in a toilet and tortured for six months by her husband and his family.

According to police who rescued her she had refused their demand that she work as a prostitute.

Billions of foreign aid dollars have been spent in Afghanistan in the last decade—a large percentage on programs design to empower Afghan women....

But as Zubair Babakarkhail reports from Kabul local rights groups say violations against women continue.