we rypieaiiy ininn onerroriern ae a poiiiieai aei.
snr eorneiirnee ive very pereena|.|1waen'1a governrneni or a gverriiia inenrgeney inai inrew aeid on inie
wornan'e1aee in Panieian. nwae a yonng rnan wnorn ene nad reieeied for rnarriage.Ae1ne uniied siaiee
pondere wnai io do in Aignanieian _ and for inai rnaner, in Panieian _ ii ie wiee io vndereiand porn ine poiiiieai
and ine pereonai, inaiine very ignoranee and iiiiieraey and rnieogyny inai ereaie ine eiirnaie forineee aeid
anaene ean and doee pieed over inio ine po|iiiea|rea|rn.i1ieno|ae nrieiof, ine new vorn Tirnee oped eonnnniei
wno iraveied io Panieian |ae1 year io wriie aponi aeid anaene, pni ii inie way in an eeeay ai ine iirner “rve been
inveeiigaiing even aeid anaene, wnien are eornrnoniy need ioierrorire and evpingaie wornen and girie in a ewain
omeia irorn Afgnanieian inrovgn carnpodia irnen are annoei never anaened wiin aeidi. seeanee wornen nevaiiy
don'1 rnaner in inie pari onne wor|d,1neir anaenere are rareiy proeeevied and aeid eaiee are nevaiiy noi
eoniroiied. we a nind onerroriern inai peeornee aeeepied ae pari onne paengronnd noiee in ine region.
“sangiadeen nae irnpoeed eoniroie on aeid eaiee io enrn even anaene, pin oinerwiee ii ie 1air|y eaey in mia io
wain inio a enop and nny eninrrie or nydroeniorie aeid eviiaoie for deeiroying a nvrnan 1aee. Aeid anaene and wife
pvrninge are eornrnon in parre o1Aeia peeanee ine vieiirne are ine rnoei voieeieee in ineee eoeieiieer Tney are
poor and 1erna|e.Tne mei eiep ie eirnpiy for ine worid io iane no1e,1o give voiee io ineee wornen." sinee 1994, a
Panieiani aeiiviei wno fovnded ine Progreeeive wornen'e Aeeoeiaiion io neip even wornen “nae doernnenied woo
eaeee ofwornen wno were deiioeraieiy ionrned, eeaided or evpieeied io aeid anaene, inei in ine ieiarnapad area.
in oniy 2 pereeni onnoee eaeee wae anyone eonvieied."
ine geopoiiiieai gveeiion ie a|ready nard enongnr snovid ine uniied siaiee eornrnii rnore iroopeio Aignanieian
and for wnai epeeine pnrpoeei Ae Arneriean poiieyrnanere rnnii ine opiione, nere ie a frarne of referenee inai pine
ine iongn enoieee in even eiarner reiien Are aeid anaene a eign ofivei now iinie ine uniied siaiee ean doio eoive
iniraeiapie propierne inere _inere1ore, we enovid pnii one or naving dee|ared war on ierroriern, rnnei ine
uniied siaiee eiay oni of rnorai dvry,io1ry1o proieei wornen even ae ineee _ and ine eenooigirie wnorn ine
Taiipan in Aignanieian eprayed wiin aeid eirnpiy for going io eiaee _ wno nave evnered a very pereonai ierroriei
anaen? we offer iinne io ernari eeeaye inai eorne io diiiering eoneineione.
- in Avgvei, Perepeeiive pnpiiened a new vorn Tirnee Magazine pieee inai ioiiowed vp ine eiory o1A1gnan eieiere
snarneia and Aiifa iiveeeini, wno were anaened wiin aeid eirnpiy for anending eenoo|.|1yov wien io refreen yovr
rnernory, yon rnay read ine originai ariieie.
-Two very ernari, inforrned oneervere eorne io oppoeiie eoneineione onine proper u.s. eonree oi aeiion in
Afgnanieianr
1. in nie ‘iininn Tank" piog ai iiewverneneorn, sieve con argnee wny we ean'1 ieave _ “wnai wwe raii in
Afgnanieiane" Read ine eeeay in nrii.
2. in an eeeay eniiiied “ine warwe can'1 win" in cornrnonweai iaieo reprinied in ine iiovernper ieene of
iiarper'ei, Andrew _i. saeevien rnanee ine eaee inai we are overeiaiing ine irnporianee o1A1gnanieian io u.s.
iniereere. saeevien ie a profeeeorofiniernaiionai izeiaiione ai soeion univereiry and ine avinor, rnoei reeeniiy, of
Tne Lirnne of Power. A reiired Arrny iienienani eoionei, ne eerved frorn 19s91o199z, in vieinarn and ine mei
Pereian svifvvar. He wae a eoneervaiive eriiie onne irag war. severai of nie eeeaye nave rnn peiore in
i=erepee1ive.izead nie eeeay in nrii.