BAMIYAN, Afghanistan -- In 2015, a group of women in the central Afghan province of Bamiyan borrowed money from a local bank to set up a market that would provide a place to sell their own handicrafts and those of other area women.
The new market at the Titanic Bazaar in the provincial capital, also called Bamiyan, soon flourished with a steady stream of customers thanks to the area's robust tourism economy.
