Little Banafsha wakes up in her small mud home, has a cup of tea and braces herself for the day ahead, CNN reported.
An exhausted Banafsha takes a moment's rest from begging for bread.
She is just 11 years old, but she is the breadwinner for her family. Literally.
Without the bread that she begs from strangers, she, her sisters, her baby brothers and her mom would all go hungry.
Her father is a drug addict, focused only on his next high; her mom cares for the little ones, and heavy responsibility falls on Banafsha's young shoulders.
Every day, she heads far from her home, trekking up and down steep hills to the wealthier parts of the Afghan capital, where she can but hope richer people will take pity on her.
She is not bitter, explaining: "My two younger sisters also work. They beg for bread and sell gum. There's no choice."
When she gets to the Wazir Akbar Khan district, a hangout of diplomats and aid workers, she unwraps her folded rice sack.
"Sir, do you have some bread?" Watch Banafsha and other Afghan kids ask for help "
Banafsha clutches the bag tight as she walks from building to building, eyeing who will help and who will not.
"Sir, do you have some bread?" she asks again.