This is an account of the Afghan War and its tragic aftermath as
told by the women who were caught up in it and became its innocent
victims. The voices in this oral history will provide personal
snapshots to the news reports of the Taliban activities now coming
out of Afghanistan. These accounts provide an historical background
to the growth of the Taliban, and reveal circumstances of the daily
life of the women who must survive in this very closed society.
Through the medium of oral history, this book brings to light
the stories of the women who have suffered the consequences of the
Afghan War and whose lives and whose daughter's lives have been
changed forever. Through the voices of the Soviet women who
supported their soldiers on Afghan soil, and the voices of the
Afghan women scattered by circumstance around the globe, the last
Cold War battle between the superpowers takes on a very personal
tone. Policy decisions issued from on high became the rockets that
destroyed these women physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Children were killed or maimed and homes and families destroyed.
Ultimately, these women were forced to flee or become invisible
within their homeland. The Taliban militia rose from the dust of
this war and by government decree reduced even the most educated
and influential of the women to non-person status.
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