Day 4, Kabul, International Women's Day
March 8th 2006 First, a confession. Prior to this trip, I had never even heard of International Women's Day. Apparently, it is a "big deal" in many parts of the world, and in Afghanistan, any large, public celebration of women is a wonderful (and dangerous) thing. Our group had received VIP invitations to the main event, at which cabinet ministers,
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