Diary from Kabul. Marriage as a contract without love

It will be a difficult and long winter. The hopes are few, like the unnecessary expenses to be cut. The money will all go into food or wood to keep warm, praying not to get sick, which is quite possible with the cold coming and Covid lurking. The Afghans are used to deprivation, but it is the rising prices that everyone is talking about today, even those who have a salary, having to provide for a crowd of unemployed relatives.