The Lovers (58 page)

Pashtuns in, 198, 326–27
n

as refugee option for Ali and Zakia, 140–41, 197–98, 228

Soheila and Jawed in, 244–45

Taliban and Al-Qaeda in, 198, 265

women’s rights issues, 125

Pakistani Gas Tablets, 237

Palestinians, 195–96

Pamir Cinema, 110, 141, 158, 159

Panj-e-Payon, 227

Parliamentary immunity, 306–7

Partridges, 38, 305–6

Parveen, Qazi, 317
n

Parwani, Jamshid, 186–87

Pashtuns, 13, 22, 198, 316
n,
326–27
n

Passports and visas

Ali and Zakia’s criminal case and, 119, 130, 134, 140

Kabul application, 193–94, 198–99

Pakistan option, 197–98

Rwanda rescue plan, 111–12, 119–20, 130, 131

Tajikistan fiasco, 212–16, 220–21

“Past” (song), 141

Patus,
17

Penn, Sean, 80, 136

Perry, Rick, 136

Persian language, 109

Persian love stories, 30–33, 45–47, 78–80

Persian New Year, 1, 3, 7, 41

Petraeus, David H., 284

Phosphine gas, 237

Photography of Afghan women, 75–77

Police.
See
Afghan Local Police; Afghan National Police; Bamiyan police

“Porphyria’s Lover” (Browning), 3

Potato harvest, 50, 53–54

Power, Samantha, 111–12, 119, 181, 182–83

Prostitutes (prostitution), 118, 144–45, 219, 225, 254

Public hospitals in Afghanistan, 7, 319
n

Pul-e-Kumri, 65, 96

Purdah, 90, 112

Qudsi, Khudayar, 64, 135

Quraishi, Shafiqa, 166, 281, 341
n

Rabbi Shmuley.
See
Boteach, Shmuley

Rabia Balkhi Maternity Hospital, 302

Rahimullah, 246, 248

Rahman, Abdur, 192

Rahman, Saif, 59, 320
n

Rahmatullah, 10–11, 13

Rahmon, Emomali, 219

Ramadan, 190

Rape

of Breshna, 270, 281, 287–303

concept of honor and, 90, 145, 259

EVAW law against, 57, 58, 259, 263

of Gulnaz, 132–34, 268, 293, 327
n

of Lal Bibi, 81–82, 154, 270

Paghman gang rapes, 302

of Sabira, 58, 307–11

of Safoora, 8, 74

Zaman on alleged rape of Zakia, 145, 147, 148, 149

Rasoul, Mohammad, 301

Rastagar, Abdul Rab, 143–48, 153–54

Rasuli, Mohammad Suliman, 299–301

Razak, 23, 38, 75, 129, 159, 171, 188

Refugee options of Ali and Zakia, 106, 232–33, 329
n

American embassy assistance, 106, 113, 119, 130–31, 134, 180–83, 196–97

humanitarian parole, 111, 181–82, 200

Iran, 109, 140, 186, 197

Pakistan, 140–41, 197–98, 228

Rwanda plan, 111–12, 113–14, 119–20, 130–32, 134

Tajikistan fiasco, 220–21, 223–25, 227–28

Refugees, Afghan.
See
Afghan refugees

Religious education, 26

Research Institute for Women, Peace & Security, 269–70

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), 265

Rights and Prosperity, 223–24, 225, 332
n

Ringtones, 7, 79, 100, 108, 121, 141, 164, 186, 201–2, 330–31
n

Romantic love, 30–33, 45–47, 76–80, 236–38

Romeo-and-Juliet story, 78, 116, 174

Roque, Louisa, 106

Rosenberg, Matthew, 175

Rubin, Alissa J., 132–33, 277

Rubin, Elizabeth, 328
n

Ruqia, 236, 239–40, 241–42

Rwanda, 111–14, 119–20, 130–32, 134, 135–37, 239

Sabira, 58, 307–11

Sabza

Bamiyan court case and, 59, 62, 63

Bamiyan shelter visits to Zakia, 58

discovery of Zakia’s romance, 40–41, 51

retribution against Zakia for dishonoring family, 2, 63–65

Sadat, Sameem, 32–33

Sadat, Ziba, 260–61, 262

Sadid, Abdul Jalil, 192–93

Saeedi, Sher, 285

Safi, Hassina, 276

Safi, Huma, 277

Safoora, 8–9, 74

Salang Pass, 192

Salman, 13–15

Samar, Sima, 211–12, 308

Samsung Galaxy, 7, 10

Sánchez, Diego Ibarra, 95, 97–104, 136

Sardar, 303–4

Sardar Kabuli Girls’ High School, 283

Sarmast, Ahmad Naser, 31, 257–58, 272, 305, 335
n

Sarobi, Habiba, 323
n

Sarwari, Hassina, 237–38, 281, 287–91, 294–99, 303, 343–44
n,
345
n

Sarwaris, the.
See
Ali; Anwar; Bismillah; Chaman; Ismatullah

Sattar, 17–18, 86

Sayedkhili, Abdul Rahman, 319
n

Sayeds, 148

Schooling, 23–24, 25–26, 75, 243–44, 257–58, 282–83

Schorzman, Doug, 86–87

Scott-Heron, Gil, 125

Second wives, 202–3, 205

Sepehr, Zahra, 244–45, 310

Sergey, 253–55, 335
n

Sesame Street
(TV show), 121

Shaherzad, Nadia, 267

Shah Foladi, 16–17, 87, 91

Shahmama Buddha of Bamiyan, 4–5, 8

Shakila, 306–7

Shariah law, 31, 57, 59, 175, 263–66, 299

Sharifullah, 25

Sheep grazing, 26–27

Shia Muslims, 6, 22, 62, 127–28

Shibar Pass, 21, 95, 234–35

Shirazi, Saadi, 201

Shirin, 45, 78

Shukria Khaliqi.
See
Khaliqi, Shukria

Shuma,
11

Siddiqa, 61, 155

Silver birches, 3, 4

Skiing, 92, 322
n

Snow finches, 250

Sobhrang, Soraya, 268–69

Soheila, 97, 244–45, 246–48, 270, 333–34
n

Soleimani, Zohreh, 247–48, 333–34
n

Solomon, Ben C., 95, 97–104, 115

Solsal Buddha of Bamiyan, 4–5, 8

Soraya, 306–7

Soviet–Afghan War, 23, 192–93, 253–58

Soviet Tajikistan, 198, 220, 223, 225, 226

Spousal abuse, 57, 258–59, 261–62, 263, 267–68

State Department, U.S., 111–12, 119, 130–31, 180–83, 196–97, 219–20

Stonings, 91, 238, 318
n,
319–20
n

Breshna’s case, 294

EVAW law and, 57, 238, 274, 275, 278

of Siddiqa and Khayyam, 61, 155, 319
n

Subh,
14, 39

Sukhanyar, Jawad

Ali and Zakia in hiding, 91, 95–96, 103, 110, 130, 139–41, 143, 147, 149, 153, 161, 162–63, 200

Ali and Zakia’s criminal case, 143, 152, 175

arrest of Ali, 157–58, 165–66

assistance retrieving money, 114–15, 217

assistance with passports and visas, 197–99, 212, 213–15

bound for Tajikistan, 212–15, 217–18

celebrity status of Ali and Zakia, 169

first meeting with Zakia, 72, 73

Massouda Jalal and, 262

phone conversation with Zakia, 228–29

in Tajikistan, 221–24

talking points for Ali, 139–40

visit with Ali and Zakia in Bamiyan, 239–40

Sunni Muslims, 6, 22, 23, 127–28

Surkh Dar, 6, 18–19, 49–53, 92, 187–89, 233–46, 249–52

Surma,
241–42

Tajikistan, 198, 219–29, 332
n

Tajiks, 13, 21–22, 44, 117–18, 188, 189, 198

Takfiri,
242, 332
n

Talash, Waisuddin, 292–93

Taliban

Bamiyan Province conquest and occupation, 4–6, 21–24, 44, 99

destruction of Bamiyan Buddhas, 4–5, 8, 316
n,
326
n

gender terrorism of, 57, 61, 99, 118, 126–27, 264–65, 282, 319–20
n

Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Suppression of Vice, 99, 264–65

post-invasion insurgency and areas under control of, 95, 96, 104, 146, 151, 198, 233, 287, 288, 343
n

shariah law, 31, 57, 59, 175, 263–66, 299

Taverna du Liban bombing, 197, 212–13

U.S.-led NATO invasion and ousting of, 56, 57, 126–27, 265, 284

Tamkeen, Attaullah, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 320
n

Tarzi, Soraya, 126

Taverna du Liban, 197, 212–13

Tawkify.com, 106

Tazkeras,
112, 199

Tetra Tech DPK, 120–21, 324–25
n

Third Anglo-Afghan War, 126

Time
(magazine), 96–97, 118

Tokyo Framework, 271, 277–78

Tolo TV, 121, 176

Ubaidulloev, Mahmadsaid, 219–20

Ulema Council, 291–92, 310, 319
n

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), 270, 299

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), 283

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

Gender Inequality Index, 272, 283–84

Human Development Index, 333
n,
338
n

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 109, 181, 196–97, 198, 223–24, 227, 228, 239, 329
n,
332
n

United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN–Habitat), 144–45

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), 319
n

United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 120–21, 267, 278–79, 283

United States in Afghanistan.
See also
State Department, U.S.

consequences of enterprise, 120–21, 131–32, 238

NATO invasion, 126–27, 265, 284

Rabbi Shmuley on enterprise, 131–32, 182–83

rule-of-law programming, 106–7, 111

U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council, 277

Verveer, Melanne, 277

Virginity testing, 270

Virgin rape of Sabira, 307–11

Visas.
See
Passports and visas