[5] Production of Baghch-e-Simsim began in 2010, with Sesame Workshop and Afghan company Moby Media Group producing.
[6] The series was partly filmed in Afghanistan, with other segments taken from other international productions and dubbed in Pashto and Dari.
[12] In July 2012 a radio version of the program was introduced, produced in partnership with Equal Access International.
[13] In January 2015 a Taliban suicide bomber killed an editor of the show, Sayed Jawad Hussaini, during an attack on one of Tolo TV's buses.
[14] The first local muppet, a six-year-old girl named Zari, was added to Baghch-e-Simsim on 7 April 2016 as part of the show's fifth season.
[19][20] Both characters are intentionally made to appear pan-Afghan, as their outfits combine elements from multiple ethnic groups; similarly, both Zari and Zeerak are common names in both Dari and Pashto.