Afghan women, as a group, I think their suffering has been equaled by very few other groups in recent world history.

In many parts of the world, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. But I think we need women to solve the problems that men create.

And that, ...is the story of our country, one invasion after another...Macedonians. Saddanians. Arabs. Mongols. Now the Soviets. But we're like those walls up there. Battered, and nothing pretty to look at, but still standing.

Afghan people are just so tired of war.

I’m all you have in this world Mariam, and when I’m gone you’ll have nothing. You ARE nothing!

World history is tragic.