11.   Afghan women in the North, while living within a strictly traditional culture, often studied at school, and some worked in professional positions, including at hospitals.

12.   Afghan women doctors understand this to mean that they cannot wear trousers or even surgical smocks.

13.   Afghan women have no rights today.

14.   Afghan women suffered systematic violence and discrimination during the war between the Taliban and the Northern Alliance.

15.   Afghan women were denied rights to education, movement, dress, health care and association.

16.   Afghan women, many of whom lost their husbands to war, will learn how to sew and earn an income for their work.

17.   Afghan women are already barred from driving, and the new order will mostly affect aid workers employed by the United Nations and nongovernmental organizations.

18.   Afghan women ride in a horse cart south of the capital.

19.   After inquiring whether I was an Afghan woman or a foreigner, the merchant seemed pleased.

20.   After the fatwa, Afghan women going to work were shot at and several were murdered.