When Akbar Khan finds his son has ransacked the village shop, he decides it's time for him to grow up - by marrying. But Mashal does not want to marry his brother's widow any more than she wants to marry him. She stands on her widow's rights and hopes to persuade her father to support her at a village meeting (the jirga). But her father, shopkeeper Sardar Aka and his two wives know that this might be such a dangerous course of action that they too, could be forced to flee

An Everyday Story of Afghan Folk is a slice of village life from the wild, mountainous Pakistan-Afghan borders where the only law is tribal law and there is no road, electricity or phone - and warlords are hard to contain. It is based on characters and storylines from PACT Radio's daily soap, made by and for Afghans.

Cast:
Sardar Aka.....................Madhav Sharma
Gulnara..........................Rina Fatania
Sakina............................Rakhee Thakra
Kashmala.......................Betsabeh Emran
Akbar Khan....................Sagar Arya
Durranai........................Sudha Bhucher
Mashal...........................Muzz Khan

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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