31. Enormous numbers of Afghan women were left with no health care at all. 32. Even at some refugee camps in Pakistan, Afghan women are not allowed to attend schools. 33. Even remaining inside the home posed risks for Afghan women under the Taliban. 34. Feuding tribesmen, newly liberated Afghan women, and warlords all took the floor. 35. For now, the White House is cheered by the reaction to its campaign for Afghan women. 36. For that reason, most Afghan women wear a long veil in the presence of male adults other than close family members. 37. Her client, an elderly Afghan woman in a wheelchair with a light scarf covering her gray braids, gestures for her grandson to sit on her lap. 38. I used to regularly receive a certain petition by e-mail that described the horrific lives forced especially upon educated Afghan women. 39. If an Afghan woman becomes seriously ill, her only hope is a miracle from Mohammed. 40. In celebrations that day in New York, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and first lady Laura Bush hailed Afghan women for their courage in resisting the Taliban. |