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Name: Women of the Afghan War
Author: Deborah Ellis

📘 Women of the Afghan War by Deborah Ellis

Through intimate oral histories, this book presents the voices of Afghan women whose lives were shattered by the Soviet occupation, the subsequent civil war, and the Taliban’s ascendancy. The narratives reveal how policy decisions and armed conflict devastated families, forcing many to flee or become invisible in a society that increasingly denied women a public presence.

First publish date: April 30, 2000

Genre: History/Military History

Authors: Deborah Ellis

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