Afghanistan: Turning back the Afghan clock
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The Christian Science Monitor Sima Samar's vision for Afghanistan.
The Christian Science Monitor reports, "I want rights for women on all levels, in the political and social sectors, in everything - right to vote, right to be elected, right to work everywhere," Afghanistan's new minister for women's affairs said last week on a speaking tour in Canada. But Dr. Samar says she's really just describing the country she grew up in.
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http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1219/p12s1-wosc.html
Submitted on Thu, 12/20/2001 - 00:00
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