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“ Ammi your back! Any luck with receiving your wages?” asked Rukhsana.
“ Rukhsana, my child I have resigned from my post and now . . . We have no source of income. The taliban have made the lives of working women in Afghanistan a misery. I am afraid that your abu may not recover in time to support us. I don’t have the courage to stand up against the talibans anymore . . . I have lost everything, my dignity, my self respect and the happiness and peace of our family.” sobbed her mother. “ Leave me alone Rukhsana I wish to speak to no one right now. Please take care of your abu for me I need to be alone for a while and I wish to go to my brother's house. I will be leaving tonight”
Rukhsana left her mother alone with
“ Ammi your back! Any luck with receiving your wages?” asked Rukhsana.
“ Rukhsana, my child I have resigned from my post and now . . . We have no source of income. The taliban have made the lives of working women in Afghanistan a misery. I am afraid that your abu may not recover in time to support us. I don’t have the courage to stand up against the talibans anymore . . . I have lost everything, my dignity, my self respect and the happiness and peace of our family.” sobbed her mother. “ Leave me alone Rukhsana I wish to speak to no one right now. Please take care of your abu for me I need to be alone for a while and I wish to go to my brother's house. I will be leaving tonight”
Rukhsana left her mother alone with