Now that Zarlakhta's heroin-addicted bride groom has fled, her family face a rocky financial future. Her brother even suggests they should return to the lowland village they left to escape the fighting - at least they own a little land there.

Little does the family know that the wealthy landowner's son, Wisal, is keen to persuade his mother, Shah Bibi, to approach Zarlakhta's mother with a marriage proposal. When she does so, Bakhtawara's pride nearly destroys her daughter's marriage chance.

A slice of village life from the wild, mountainous Pak-Afghan borders where the only law is tribal law and there is no road, no electricity and no phone - but hi-tech drones fly overhead.

An Everyday Story of Afghan Folk is based on characters and storylines from PACT Radio's daily soap, made by and for the Pashtoon people of this untamed area.

Based on a PACT Radio production led by John Butt
Written and directed in the UK by Liz Rigbey
Sound design by David Chilton
Music by Olivia Thomas
Executive Producer: John Dryden

Producer: Anne-Marie Cole
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