The Favored Daughter (40 page)

death of mother,
82–3
,
85
,
86–90
,
92
,
224

and death of brother,
59–60
,
74–8

and education,
72–3
,
87

as favorite,
13
,
26
,
44
,
72–3
,
87

and mother's strength,
35
,
37
,
38–44
,
56
,
73–8
,
87–8
,
97–9
,
171
,
193

Russian soldiers,
40
,
48–50
,
54
,
58
,
63–4
,
70–1
,
77
,
100
,
108
,
110
,
162

Salang pass,
110–11
,
117

sanitation,
194

Saqib, Sabrina,
234–6

Saudi Arabia,
24
,
100–1
,
158
,
208
,
253–4
Saur Revolution,
29–31

Sayyaf, Abdul Rasul,
71

September
11
, 2001,
203–7

shalwar kameez (long tunic and trousers),
5
,
20
,
40
,
58
,
63
,
104–6
,
249

Share Naw,
113
,
140

sharia law,
21
,
50

Shah Jahan,
158

Shalimar Gardens,
158

Shia,
70
,
80–1

Shomali Plains,
105–6
,
125
,
208

siblings, See brothers; sisters

sisters, x,
12
,
19
,
22–5
,
34
,
38
,
40–3
,
50–1
,
56–7
,
59–60
,
60–2
,
64–6
,
73
,
79
,
90
,
100–1
,
104
,
106–7
,
110
,
112–13
,
115–16
,
118
,
124–6
,
129
,
130
,
133
,
135
,
138–40
,
143
,
151
,
155
,
159
,
160
,
163–4
,
169
,
173
,
180–1
,
186–90
,
198
,
212–13
,
222–3
,
228–9
,
236
,
248

sisters-in-law,
24
,
40
,
42–3
,
64
,
66
,
112
,
124–6
,
139
,
151
,
156
,
160
,
172

Solana, Javier,
200

Sorabi, Habiba,
238

South Africa,
48

Southern Afghanistan,
113
,
150
,
174
,
198

Soviet Union,
9
,
29
,
31
,
48–50
,
54
,
58
,
63–4
,
70–1
,
76–7
,
83
,
100
,
108
,
110
,
158
,
160
,
162
,
173
,
175
,
193
,
197
,
201–2
,
209
,
216
,
218–19
,
245
,
253–4

Soviet war in Afghanistan,
29
,
31
,
35
,
48
,
100

See Russian soldiers

Stera Mahkama (the Supreme Court),
232

suicide bombings,
115
,
231

Sukarnoputri, Megawati,
251

Sunni,
70
,
81
,
101

Surobi,
174–5

Tagab,
107
,
174

Taj Mahal,
158

Takhar province residence,
123–4

takht,
139

takht jami,
139

Takjikistan, ix,
6
,
56

Takjiks,
245

Taliban, ix-x,
82–3
,
92–3
,
99
,
100–8
,
109
,
110
–
18
,
121
,
123–7
,
131–6
,
139–41
,
143
,
146–7
,
149–54
,
156–62
,
166–7
,
169–70
,
172–81
,
183
,
188
,
190
,
193
,
197–202
,
206–10
,
217–19
,
244–5
,
248–9
,
252
,
254–5

defeat of (2001),
114–15
,
244

See war in Afghanistan

destruction of Buddhas of Bamiyan,
103

as disease,
177

as employer,
126–7
,
147

and ethnic divisions,
147

home invasions,
139–40

and human rights activists,
210

and lootings,
103–7

and mob psychology,
105

and “morality crimes,”
112

movement of,
83

and politics,
83
,
100–9
,
114
,
123–7
,
177

and propaganda,
104

and public executions,
114

and regression,
109
,
132–3
,
151
,
174
,
177
,
195
,
219
,
245

and southern Afghanistan,
83

wedding ban,
103–4

See Islamic fundamentalism; Taliban and women; terrorism

Taliban and women, ix-x,
100–5
,
113
,
121–3
,
132–3
,
152–3
,
175–6
,
183
,
210

and attire,
100–5
,
110
,
123
,
177

and beatings,
102–3
,
113
,
133
,
177
,
183

and education,
113
,
210

and health care, ix,
152–3

sexual assaults,
176

and weddings,
131–36

women's rights, ix-x,
100–5
,
121–2
,
123
,
132–3
,
176–8

Taraky, Nur Muhammad,
31

terrorism,
200–3
,
205–6
,
240
,
244
,
248

Thatcher, Margaret,
44
,
251

Tora Bora,
208–9

Torkham,
150–1
,
157
,
198

torture,
29
,
31–2
,
49
,
123–4
,
155
,
160
,
165
,
173
,
197
,
209

Transparency International,
247

Turkmen,
245

unemployment,
20
,
210
,
230

United Kingdom,
240

United Nations (UN),
102–3
,
158
,
197–201
,
206–12
,
216
,
218
,
244
,
254

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF),
197–200
,
206–12
,
216

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage site,
158

United Nations Security Council,
200

United States,
100
,
202
,
206–8
,
220
,
239–40
,
244
,
251
,
253–4

United States Agency for International Development,
239

Urdu,
166

Uzbeks,
71
,
110
,
245

Wahhabism,
100–1

war in Afghanistan (2001–present),
114–15
,
206–8
,
244–5

war on terror,
203
,
205

Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul,
114–15
,
208 we
ddings,
5
,
11–12
,
103–4
,
131–36
,
137
,
138–9
,
141

ban of,
103–4

daira,
134

henna night,
134–5
,
141

nikah,
134–6
,
137
,
138

takht,
139

Western culture,
44–5
,
50–3
,
108
,
134

Wolesi Jirga (House of the People),
232

women in Afghanistan

clothing of, See female clothing

and education, See education

and female heads of state,
251–2

and marriage, See marriage, and Afghan culture

and mujahideen, See mujahideen and women

and rape, See rape

subjugation of,
23

and Taliban, See Taliban and women

World Corruption Index,
247

World Trade Center,
203
,
207

Zahir Shah, Mohammed (King),
7
,
19
,
32
,
216
,
232
,
253–4

Zia, Begum Khaleda,
251