51.   Over the years Elle has run many articles on Afghan women.

52.   Others say she did what she could to help Afghan women.

53.   Poor Afghan women have as many babies as their bodies will bear, and then put all of their energy into keeping them alive.

54.   Particularly for feminists, it is difficult to argue with the images of Afghan women enjoying new freedoms, however tentative they may prove to be.

55.   Promoting the liberation of Afghan women is a political stance without risk and without a downside.

56.   Pictures of the Afghan women revealing their faces are inspiring because these women are brave.

57.   Shala Arsala, who has documented the plight of Afghan war widows, said countless numbers of impoverished Afghan women were begging for food for their families.

58.   She said that key U.S. lawmakers, the State Department and the United Nations have been responsive to advocates for Afghan women.

59.   Some international aid groups promptly stopped employing Afghan women, and though many women were infuriated, most complied after being intimidated by the violent attacks.

60.   That symbolism has not been lost on Afghan women.