Afghans eager to go home at all costs
Refugees undeterred by crime, ethnic violence, warlords' rivalries
Foreign female aid workers feel less safe in Afghanistan
By Fariba Nawa August 9, 2002 The Christian Science Monitor Kabul -- Patricia Omidian looked up through her glasses. Her palm-sized diary was open to an entry on June 8 -- the day a French aid worker was gang-raped by seven men in Pul-i-khumiri, a small town in northern Afghanistan. "It's just starting to sink
Afghan women freer, yet a rise in fiery suicides
By Fariba Nawa August 9, 2002 The Christian Science Monitor Herat, Afghanistan - Sanaa was tired of living with 15 in-laws. Tired of daily fights with her mother-in-law. And tired of being treated like a "servant." So last month, with her husband watching, she threw a gallon of cooking gas on her chest and lit
