The first female district governor in Afghanistan is about to finish her first month in office.
Saira Shakeeb Sadat says she's trying to bring more prosperity to an isolated area in northern Jowzjan province home to five thousand families.
A largely peaceful area, Sadat says Khwaja Dukoh receives little international aid and continues to suffer basic shortages.
Al Jazeera's Jennifer Glasse reports from Kabul.