1989-2001

"In the days before Homeira Qaderi gave birth to her son, Siawash, the road to the hospital in Kabul would often be barricaded because of the frequent suicide explosions. With the city and the military on edge, it was not uncommon for an armed soldier to point his gun at the pregnant woman's bulging stomach, terrified that she was hiding a bomb. Frightened and in pain, she was once forced to make her way on foot. Propelled by the love she held for her soon-to-be-born child, Homeira walked through blood and wreckage to reach the hospital doors. But the joy of her beautiful son's birth was soon overshadowed by other dangers that would threaten her life. No ordinary Afghan woman, Homeira refused to cower under the strictures of a misogynistic social order. Defying the law, she risked her freedom to teach children reading and writing and fought for women's rights in her theocratic and patriarchal society"--OCLC.

Traces the history of the Taliban in Afghanistan, explaining how the religious group rose to power, controlled the people, government, and economy of the country, aided terrorists, and fought American, British, and Soviet forces at various times and discussing how the Taliban controls what women, children, and men wear, think, and do.

Traces the history of the Taliban in Afghanistan, explaining how the religious group rose to power, controlled the people, government, and economy of the country, aided terrorists, and fought American, British, and Soviet forces at various times and discussing how the Taliban controls what women, children, and men wear, think, and do.

Fourteen-year-old Shauzia, an Afghan refugee living in a camp in Pakistan, determines to find a way to fulfill her dreams of seeing the ocean and beginning a new life in France.

Presents an overview of the Taliban's history, ideology, origins, political power, and capabilities.

Traces the turbulent history of Afghanistan from 1979 to the present, focusing on how class and the competition for employment and education have played a key role in the country's recent past.

Barbara Bick describes three of her visits to Afghanistan, which includes her first trip in in 1990 at the age of sixty-five, her return trip in 2001 where she was a guest at an Al Queda compound before the attacks on the United States, and again in 2003 for a women's constitutional convention.

Profiles the Taliban group in Afghanistan and discusses what the group is fighting for, how their fight is affecting other people in the country, how the United States have influenced their fight, and other related topics.