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Lagzi, Ali, 62
Lal Bibi, 81–82, 154, 270
Landing cards, 220–21
Layla, 26, 45–46, 79, 236–38
Layla and Majnoon (movie), 26
Leffler, Zoe, 132
Life expectancy in Afghanistan, 246, 284, 333n
Lima, Mauricio, 72, 75–77, 85, 92
Literacy, 120, 283, 325n
Love in Afghanistan, 30–33, 45–47, 76–80, 236–38
Loya jirga, 266–67
McCurry, Steve, 75, 321n
Maftoon, Mir, 39
Mahram, 162–63, 176, 264, 269
Majnoon, 26, 45–46, 79
“Majnoon” (song), 164
Malpas, Clementine, 132–33
Manizha Naderi. See Naderi, Manizha
Masoomi, Iqbal, 310, 311
Massoud, Ahmad Shah, 21
Meena, Gul, 60, 154
Mellbin, Franz-Michael, 283–84
Mina, 303–4
Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Suppression of Vice, 99, 264–65
Ministry of Interior, 85, 142, 165, 166, 171, 172, 212, 280, 281, 323n
Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MoWA), 70, 118, 174–75, 263, 268, 271
Mirajuddin, 124–25
Moein, 141, 164
Mohammad, Assadullah Sher, 132–33
Mohammad, Maulawi Faiz, 291–92
Mohammad, Niaz, 97, 247, 248, 270
Mohammad, Taj, 304–6
Mohammad Ali. See Ali
Mohammad Anwar. See Anwar
Mohammadi, Abdul Ali, 302–3
Mohammad Zaman. See Zaman
Momin, Abdul, 304
Moore, Roxann, 105–6
Motley, Kimberley, 344n
Breshna’s case, 294, 297–98, 299, 302
Gulnaz’s case, 133–34
Naghma’s case, 305
Mousawi, Zahra, 176
Movies, 26, 30
Mubaligh, Asif, 62
Mujadeddi, Sibghatullah, 266
Munira, 46–47
Naderi, Manizha
Ali and Zakia’s case, 140, 141–42, 170, 173–74, 186, 231–32
honor killings, 89, 231–32
nephew’s case, 148
on rape of children, 345n
Naderi, Nastoh, 118
Nadir Khan, 126
Naghma, 305–6
Najibullah, 124
Namoos, 90
Nangarhari, Latif, 100
Nasim, Najia, 217–18
National Geographic, 75
National Public Radio, 87
Nawdeh Hotqol, 309
Nayak Bazaar, 92–93, 96, 98, 103, 190
Neka, 14–16, 42, 173–74, 175, 177–78, 241
Mullah Baba Khalili and, 15, 173–74, 175
of Soheila, 246
Zaman’s charges, 73, 88, 148, 170, 173
New Design Café, 197, 200, 201, 206
New York Times, xvii, 2–3, 69–70, 80–81, 82–83, 85, 86–87, 91–92, 95–102, 108, 116–17, 132, 143, 144, 149, 172, 174–76, 277, 323
Nezam, 295–96
Nezami Ganjavi, 79, 318n
Niazi, Qudsia, 176, 178, 261, 297
Niaz Mohammad, 97, 247, 248, 270
Night of the Lovers (radio program), 31–33, 236, 317n
Nomad, Rahim, 197
Noori, Ahmad Zia, 318–19n
Noorin TV, 118
North-West Frontier Provinces, 326–27n
Obama, Barack, 277, 340n
Obama, Michelle, 279
Othello, 127
Paghman gang rapes, 302
Pakistan
Afghan refugees in, 197–98
honor killings, 127, 326–27n
Pashtuns in, 198, 326–27n
as refugee option for Ali and Zakia, 140–41, 197–98, 228
Soheila and Jawed in, 244–45
Taliban and Al-Qaeda in, 198, 265
women’s rights issues, 125
Pakistani Gas Tablets, 237
Palestinians, 195–96
Pamir Cinema, 110, 141, 158, 159
Panj-e-Payon, 227
Parliamentary immunity, 306–7
Partridges, 38, 305–6
Parveen, Qazi, 317n
Parwani, Jamshid, 186–87
Pashtuns, 13, 22, 198, 316n, 326–27n
Passports and visas
Ali and Zakia’s criminal case and, 119, 130, 134, 140
Kabul application, 193–94, 198–99
Pakistan option, 197–98
Rwanda rescue plan, 111–12, 119–20, 130, 131
Tajikistan fiasco, 212–16, 220–21
“Past” (song), 141
Patus, 17
Penn, Sean, 80, 136
Perry, Rick, 136
Persian language, 109
Persian love stories, 30–33, 45–47, 78–80
Persian New Year, 1, 3, 7, 41
Petraeus, David H., 284
Phosphine gas, 237
Photography of Afghan women, 75–77
Police. See Afghan Local Police; Afghan National Police; Bamiyan police
“Porphyria’s Lover” (Browning), 3
Potato harvest, 50, 53–54
Power, Samantha, 111–12, 119, 181, 182–83
Prostitutes (prostitution), 118, 144–45, 219, 225, 254
Public hospitals in Afghanistan, 7, 319n
Pul-e-Kumri, 65, 96
Purdah, 90, 112
Qudsi, Khudayar, 64, 135
Quraishi, Shafiqa, 166, 281, 341n
Rabbi Shmuley. See Boteach, Shmuley
Rabia Balkhi Maternity Hospital, 302
Rahimullah, 246, 248
Rahman, Abdur, 192
Rahman, Saif, 59, 320n
Rahmatullah, 10–11, 13
Rahmon, Emomali, 219
Ramadan, 190
Rape
of Breshna, 270, 281, 287–303
concept of honor and, 90, 145, 259
EVAW law against, 57, 58, 259, 263
of Gulnaz, 132–34, 268, 293, 327n
of Lal Bibi, 81–82, 154, 270
Paghman gang rapes, 302
of Sabira, 58, 307–11
of Safoora, 8, 74
Zaman on alleged rape of Zakia, 145, 147, 148, 149
Rasoul, Mohammad, 301
Rastagar, Abdul Rab, 143–48, 153–54
Rasuli, Mohammad Suliman, 299–301
Razak, 23, 38, 75, 129, 159, 171, 188
Refugee options of Ali and Zakia, 106, 232–33, 329n
American embassy assistance, 106, 113, 119, 130–31, 134, 180–83, 196–97
humanitarian parole, 111, 181–82, 200
Iran, 109, 140, 186, 197
Pakistan, 140–41, 197–98, 228
Rwanda plan, 111–12, 113–14, 119–20, 130–32, 134
Tajikistan fiasco, 220–21, 223–25, 227–28
Refugees, Afghan. See Afghan refugees
Religious education, 26
Research Institute for Women, Peace & Security, 269–70
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), 265
Rights and Prosperity, 223–24, 225, 332n
Ringtones, 7, 79, 100, 108, 121, 141, 164, 186, 201–2, 330–31n
Romantic love, 30–33, 45–47, 76–80, 236–38
Romeo-and-Juliet story, 78, 116, 174
Roque, Louisa, 106
Rosenberg, Matthew, 175
Rubin, Alissa J., 132–33, 277
Rubin, Elizabeth, 328n
Ruqia, 236, 239–40, 241–42
Rwanda, 111–14, 119–20, 130–32, 134, 135–37, 239
Sabira, 58, 307–11
Sabza
Bamiyan court case and, 59, 62, 63
Bamiyan shelter visits to Zakia, 58
discovery of Zakia’s romance, 40–41, 51
retribution against Zakia for dishonoring family, 2, 63–65
Sadat, Sameem, 32–33
Sadat, Ziba, 260–61, 262
Sadid, Abdul Jalil, 192–93
Saeedi, Sher, 285
Safi, Huma, 277
Safoora, 8–9, 74
Salang Pass, 192
Salman, 13–15
Samar, Sima, 211–12, 308
Samsung Galaxy, 7, 10
Sánchez, Diego Ibarra, 95, 97–104, 136
Sardar, 303–4
Sardar Kabuli Girls’ High School, 283
Sarmast, Ahmad Naser, 31, 257–58, 272, 305, 335n
Sarobi, Habiba, 323n
Sarwari, Hassina, 237–38, 281, 287–91, 294–99, 303, 343–44n, 345n
Sarwaris, the. See Ali; Anwar; Bismillah; Chaman; Ismatullah
Sattar, 17–18, 86
Sayedkhili, Abdul Rahman, 319n
Sayeds, 148
Schooling, 23–24, 25–26, 75, 243–44, 257–58, 282–83
Schorzman, Doug, 86–87
Scott-Heron, Gil, 125
Second wives, 202–3, 205
Sepehr, Zahra, 244–45, 310
Sergey, 253–55, 335n
Sesame Street (TV show), 121
Shaherzad, Nadia, 267
Shah Foladi, 16–17, 87, 91
Shahmama Buddha of Bamiyan, 4–5, 8
Shakila, 306–7
Shariah law, 31, 57, 59, 175, 263–66, 299
Sharifullah, 25
Sheep grazing, 26–27
Shia Muslims, 6, 22, 62, 127–28
Shibar Pass, 21, 95, 234–35
Shirazi, Saadi, 201
Shirin, 45, 78
Shukria Khaliqi. See Khaliqi, Shukria
Shuma, 11
Siddiqa, 61, 155
Silver birches, 3, 4
Skiing, 92, 322n
Snow finches, 250
Sobhrang, Soraya, 268–69
Soheila, 97, 244–45, 246–48, 270, 333–34n
Soleimani, Zohreh, 247–48, 333–34n
Solomon, Ben C., 95, 97–104, 115
Solsal Buddha of Bamiyan, 4–5, 8
Soraya, 306–7
Soviet–Afghan War, 23, 192–93, 253–58
Soviet Tajikistan, 198, 220, 223, 225, 226
Spousal abuse, 57, 258–59, 261–62, 263, 267–68
State Department, U.S., 111–12, 119, 130–31, 180–83, 196–97, 219–20
Stonings, 91, 238, 318n, 319–20n
Breshna’s case, 294
EVAW law and, 57, 238, 274, 275, 278
of Siddiqa and Khayyam, 61, 155, 319n
Subh, 14, 39
Sukhanyar, Jawad
Ali and Zakia in hiding, 91, 95–96, 103, 110, 130, 139–41, 143, 147, 149, 153, 161, 162–63, 200
Ali and Zakia’s criminal case, 143, 152, 175
arrest of Ali, 157–58, 165–66
assistance retrieving money, 114–15, 217
assistance with passports and visas, 197–99, 212, 213–15
bound for Tajikistan, 212–15, 217–18
celebrity status of Ali and Zakia, 169
first meeting with Zakia, 72, 73
Massouda Jalal and, 262
phone conversation with Zakia, 228–29
in Tajikistan, 221–24
talking points for Ali, 139–40
visit with Ali and Zakia in Bamiyan, 239–40
Sunni Muslims, 6, 22, 23, 127–28
Surkh Dar, 6, 18–19, 49–53, 92, 187–89, 233–46, 249–52
Surma, 241–42
Tajikistan, 198, 219–29, 332n
Tajiks, 13, 21–22, 44, 117–18, 188, 189, 198
Takfiri, 242, 332n
Talash, Waisuddin, 292–93
Taliban
Bamiyan Province conquest and occupation, 4–6, 21–24, 44, 99
destruction of Bamiyan Buddhas, 4–5, 8, 316n, 326n
gender terrorism of, 57, 61, 99, 118, 126–27, 264–65, 282, 319–20n
Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Suppression of Vice, 99, 264–65
post-invasion insurgency and areas under control of, 95, 96, 104, 146, 151, 198, 233, 287, 288, 343n
shariah law, 31, 57, 59, 175, 263–66, 299
Taverna du Liban bombing, 197, 212–13
U.S.-led NATO invasion and ousting of, 56, 57, 126–27, 265, 284
Tamkeen, Attaullah, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 320n
Tarzi, Soraya, 126
Taverna du Liban, 197, 212–13
Tawkify.com, 106
Tazkeras, 112, 199
Tetra Tech DPK, 120–21, 324–25n
Third Anglo-Afghan War, 126
Time (magazine), 96–97, 118
Tokyo Framework, 271, 277–78
Tolo TV, 121, 176
Ubaidulloev, Mahmadsaid, 219–20
Ulema Council, 291–92, 310, 319n
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), 270, 299
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), 283
United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
Gender Inequality Index, 272, 283–84
Human Development Index, 333n, 338n
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 109, 181, 196–97, 198, 223–24, 227, 228, 239, 329n, 332n
United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN–Habitat), 144–45
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), 319n
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 120–21, 267, 278–79, 283
United States in Afghanistan. See also State Department, U.S.
consequences of enterprise, 120–21, 131–32, 238
NATO invasion, 126–27, 265, 284
Rabbi Shmuley on enterprise, 131–32, 182–83
rule-of-law programming, 106–7, 111
U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council, 277
Verveer, Melanne, 277
Virginity testing, 270
Virgin rape of Sabira, 307–11
Visas. See Passports and visas
Wadi, Abdul, 306–7
Wafa, Bashir, 7
Wahab, Abdul, 306–7
Waheed, 236–38
Walker, John, 105–6
Wardak, 104, 108
War in Afghanistan, 126–27, 219–20, 265, 284
WAW. See Women for Afghan Women
Wazir Akbar Khan, 116, 119, 197, 212
Wedding parties, 24, 26
Western Union, 111, 114–15, 245, 324n
“Where Are You Going, Mullah Mohammad Jan?”, 209–10
Wiesel, Elie, 136
Wife beating, 57, 258–59, 261–62, 263, 267–68
Wikileaks, 181, 345n
Wilson, Charlie, 256
Winfrey, Oprah, 80
Women, status of, 5–6, 27, 271–73. See also Jihad against women
age of brides, 41–42, 56, 303–4, 317–18n
bride price, 41, 50, 105–6, 126, 147
divorce, 126, 269
education, 243–44, 257–58, 282–83
father’s choice of husband for daughter, 41–42
history of battle in Afghanistan for women, 56–57, 125–28, 256–58
international commitment to, 276–85
photographing women, 75–77
recruitment of women, 280–82
role of brothers, 24, 41
role of honor, 24, 60, 89–90, 99, 249, 290
social conduct of women, 268–70
social indicators of lack of progress, 282–84
son’s vs. daughter’s value, 50
wives abandoning husbands, 124–25
wives’ names, 11, 316n
Women for Afghan Women (WAW)
Ali and Zakia’s legal case, 67, 140, 141–43, 147, 154, 168, 169–70, 182, 238
appeals for Zakia to enter, 151
Bibi Aisha’s case, 182, 271
Breshna’s case, 287–88, 294, 296–97, 303
Child Support Center, 343–44n
donations for Ali and Zakia, 107–8, 114, 115, 152
shelter system, 89, 114, 118
Zakia at Kabul shelter, 163–65, 168, 170, 171–72, 177–79, 185–86
World Bank, 267, 334n
World Value
s Network, 80, 112, 136–37
Yakawlang Gorge, 93, 97, 108, 115, 189
Yaqeen, Khadija, 66
Yaqub, Mohammad, 292
Yaqubi, Aimal, 87, 111, 113, 116, 119–20, 130–31
“Your Unkempt Hair” (song), 121
Yousef, 7, 30, 45–46, 79–80
Zahir, Ahmad, 121, 191–93
Zahir Shah, Mohammed, 23, 255–56
Zahra, 93–95, 98–101, 189–90
Zakia
appearance of, 41, 55, 72, 73–74
asylum/refugee options, 106, 232–33, 329n
American embassy assistance, 106, 113, 119, 130–31, 134, 180–83, 196–97
Iran, 109, 140, 186, 197
Pakistan, 140–41, 197–98, 228
Rwanda plan, 111–12, 113–14, 119–20, 130–32, 134
Tajikistan fiasco, 220–21, 223–25, 227–28
author’s meetings with, 72–77, 97–101, 108, 112–16, 197, 201–2, 239–42
Bamiyan court case, 58–64, 73
at Bamiyan shelter, 54–56, 62–65, 69, 72–73, 74–75, 114, 178–79
admittance, 54–55
escape, 1–2, 7, 8–14, 67–68, 70, 135
birth of Ruqia, 235–36
bound for Tajikistan, 212–18
budding love story, 11–13, 27–30, 33–41
celebrity status of, 169–70, 175–77, 179, 199
childhood of, 23–24, 25–27
criminal charges against, 106–7, 111, 131, 134, 142–43, 147, 173–75
criminal charges dropped against, 177, 207, 211–12
family background of, 18–19, 23–24
family vows of honor killing of, 63–65, 72, 89, 123–25, 160–61, 170–72, 231–32
father’s refusal of consent to marriage, 43–44, 52–53, 58–59
financial assistance to, 101–2, 106–7, 185–86, 210–11
in hiding, 17–18, 25, 85–86, 87, 91, 92–104, 108–9, 190–91
Haji and Zahra’s home, 93–95, 94–101, 189–90
holding hands with Ali, 12–13, 16
initial friendship with Ali, 27
in Kabul, 109–21, 123–24, 128–29, 139–40, 148–54, 158–63, 193–208, 210–11, 231–32
kindness of strangers to, 69–70, 105–9, 114–15
lack of surname, 112
map of escape paths, xiv–xv
March–April 2014, 13–18, 67–68, 83, 85–86, 87, 92–104
June 2014, 177–79, 185–91
July–September 2014, 185–91, 193–94
September–October 2014, 226–28
marriage proposal of Ali, 29, 34–35, 42–44
meeting with Ali’s father, Anwar, 49–51, 52–53
neka, 14–16, 87, 170, 173–74, 177–78, 241
New York Times and, 2–3, 69–70, 74, 80–83, 95–102, 104, 105–6, 108, 179
passport and visa issues, 111–12, 119–20, 193–94, 197–99
phone conversations with Ali, 35–37, 45, 51, 79
photographing of, 75–77
plans to leave Afghanistan, 191, 193–94, 196–200, 206, 208
pregnancy of, 157, 168, 190, 194, 215–16, 232–33, 235