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July 18, 2022

Here's why your next developer hire could come from Afghanistan

Remote work is starting to open up the talent market in hard-to-reach places


Tim Smith

6 min read

Kabul, Afghanistan

Akeem has a more reliable tech set up than most work-from-homers, powering all his devices with a solar-charged battery and getting his internet directly from a point-to-point antenna system. On the rare days that it snows and his solar panel doesn’t charge, he has to use a generator to power up, but with that he’s good to go, whatever the weather. It's useful to have a reliable connection when you're dialling in from Afghanistan.

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Amir Salihefendic, founder and CEO of Doist
Amir Salihefendic, founder and CEO of Doist
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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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