Award-winning Canadian photographer Lana Slezic’s photographs of Afghan girls and women are on display in the city. The exhibition, titled Forsaken, is being hosted by the Consulate General of Canada along with Cymroza Art Gallery.

Malalai, a mother to six children, was the first policewoman in Kandahar. Her father and grandfather were policemen before her. When working outside her home and office she is always armed beneath her Burka.