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The elder wife of shopkeeper Sardar Aka is suddenly ill. Or is she just sick with jealousy of his younger wife? The doctor will know.

The elder wife of shopkeeper Sardar Aka is suddenly ill. Or is she just sick with jealousy of his younger wife? The doctor will know. However, the couple are on their way to the doctor's clinic down the mountain when an event shakes the whole village.

A slice of daily 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 Pashtun 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
An Above the Title production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

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15 minutes

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Role Contributor
Shah Bibi, wife of Akbar Khan Shaheen Khan

Broadcasts

  • Thu 18 Apr 2013 10:45
  • Thu 18 Apr 2013 19:45