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of those presents only for you my sister you used to tell me in your

letters that the situation had got worse in Afghanistan that all the girls schools

have been closed down that women were forbidden from all public life and you

were losing hope and it was when I was trying to find a way of getting you out of a

Afghanistan that I received an unexpected letter from you I was

devastated you write that you will commit suicide at the last eclipse of the 20th

century you tell me in your letter that I must enjoy everything I can in life

because I live in so much better a place what are you recording and this

noise well this is my Black Box in case I crash will won't return at least some

people should know what happened to me when did you receive that letter a month ago but it had already

been in the hands of the refugees for 2 months before it reached me so why you are coming now when there

are only 3 days left well it's about 25 days that

I am on the way I wanted to enter Afghanistan through Iran Pakistan Tajikistan but

because I'm a journalist and I write about woman's condition in these countries they make it very difficult

for me to get a Visa now I'm trying to reach the Iran

Border in the south of Afghanistan on a Red Cross helicopter I hope I can get to Kandahar

by the shortest route there was just 3 days left before the

eclipse hello hello this is mag speaking get

ready hello hello this is Magda speaking Yeah we are very busy today because we

have so many people so a 40 year-old man left FL

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here near the Afghan border young girls were about to return to Afghanistan are

being taught about the dangers of landmines they're being told not to approach those dolls that you once

touched and which blew off your legs when we were escaping so they won't lose

their legs like you

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for I am glad you don't know the truth that in Afghanistan these past 20 years

one human being has died every 5 minutes from Minds from war famine or

drought if you need that you would have lost hope every 5 minutes and would have

to kill yourself

the camp supervisor have gathered all returning families to take their pictures and I can choose a family to go

with them as the third or fourth wife more than men I am worried about their

woman and their reaction to my presence but unfortunately they're all

under full cover and I can't see their faces to know how they feel about me

I don't know is it the current government that forces these Wom to wear these Buras

or it's the Afghan culture that has forced the government to keep this woman under these

covers in Afghanistan each ethnic group has a name and an image of its

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country but the woman in the country will make up about half of the society has no name or image because they're

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bracelets on your rest do you still make music when you move your

hands do you still braid your hair in my absence who braids your hair

for you just wait two more days and I'll be there with you

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very first Village in Afghanistan he returned to Iran with his family and I followed a young boy whom I

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I'm collecting everything to give you hope like the voice of this young

boy can the boys still sing songs in the Alleyways of

Kandahar can the young girls still fall in love with those

songs does love passes through the covering of the borka

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speech the feeling of this boy seems quite strange to me I don't know I can't say

what he's thinking he has left me alone in this way & he's gone into another Direction he is my guide maybe

I shouldn't have given him all the $50 together maybe I shouldn't have given him another $25 or something maybe

if I find him I should tell him that I will give him another $25 if he takes me all

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I got sick on my journey I don't know is it because of the water I drank from the well or from

the fear of a skeleton I caught side of death or from the violence I see

everywhere even in the games along my journey everything is at

war dog fights dog bird fights bird human fights

human I saw a cock fight and I remembered the day after our mother died

when father took us with him on his escape from Afghanistan do you remember that day

there was a cock fight on her way and people stopped to watch it father and I

were distracted by the crowd but you had caught sight of a doll lying in the

sand you run towards the doll and it exploded and you lost your

legs father sent me on a hit with another family of refugees so he could

stay with you until your wounds healed but they didn't

heal father died and you were left alone

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it's very dangerous water in this area should always be

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maybe it's malaria it's not

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I'm a doctor you can trust me where are you coming from where are you going what can I do

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sister she wants to commit suicide at the Ecalypse

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who's the boy do you know

him I don't know him he's my guide I found him in a

cemetery he was about the only person who agreed to bring me to

kandar God this is

dangerous he can't be trusted let him go because of the poverty here people do

anything how much should you pay him to bring you here

how much did you pay him to bring you here I give him

$50 it's a dangerous thing give him his money and let him go tell him you'll go

the rest of the way on your own it's a two-day walk to Kar I can

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weapons are the only modern thing in Afghanistan

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where are you from I'm a black

American what are you doing here that's a long

story don't be

shocked now I too have to come out from behind the

curtain this is a man's borka just like what you have on your

head is a woman's beard I can't grow a

beard and so every day I have to put this on and pull it

off maybe one day they'll understand these curtains have to really be

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I had to come here why did you leave you in search of

God did you find him no so why did you

stay I'm still searching for God which medical school did you go

to I'm not a medical doctor I came here to

fight in the beginning I thought the path to God was fighting against the

Russians with the Afghans when the Afghans won then the fighting about God

began the pushon say God is with us the tajik

say God is with us I fought with the tajiks against the

pushtuns and then with the pushtuns against the

tajiks then one day I found two children very sick lying on the road

they were about to die one was pushtuns and one was

tajik then I understood that the search for God was in helping these people heal

their pains if you're not a medical doctor how

can you help these people the basic medical information of a

western is far beyond what these people know they die from simple diseases

from Hunger cold from

diarrhea from the worms and the dirty water that they drink danger

ahead lay down there's a man with a gun along the

road I don't know if he's a thief or a patrol if he's a thief I'll go fast if

he's a patrol I'll say we're married my name is t Bsahib

what's your name Naas Naas my name is Naas my name isah

my name is my name isah my name is my name isah we'll say we have two children a

daughter named theas gold and a son whose name

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my name isah her name is nefas our daughter's name is neas

gold what is the name of our

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hello how are you how are you good to see you I'm fine thank you you how are you I'm okay but I see you busy is everyone here yes 30 people here seven

people a day so it's very what happen What happens to the rest of them they've been waiting they've been waiting

yes they've been waiting so how are you what are you doing uh me my work is you know

as usual I'm seeing a lot of people hunger is a big problem of course uh

malaria people sick with worms in the middle of all that there's a drought so I mean in the midst of all that you can

understand about how I am so what are you doing here well I've come up with a special problem this uh this young lady

would like to get to condar and I have no way of getting her there where is the husband she doesn't have a husband what's she doing here why doesn't she

explain that herself she speaks English oh hello hello hi I need to get to Kar

oh I I'm afraid I can help you if you can wait a week yes probably we can help you this week I have to get there as

soon as I can my sister needs me there why I'm originally from Afghanistan but

my family left many years ago and we left my sister behind now she needs my help I have to get there unfortunately

not this week next week we are going to Kor but not this week if we can wait a little bit do you have anybody who can

help us uh there are people without legs so probably they cannot help you but

there was a guy like half an hour ago so if you follow him probably you can catch

him in the way to you know if if it's safe to get to kandar I really need to get there my sister is in there now one

day they're fightings another day it's very calm so you never know I don't

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there is nobody who can take us anywhere like to kard do you know

anybody oh yes there is one man I I can ask um follow

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I give my soul to this journey and travel roads that I never taken

before so I can give you reasons to live I passed through the desert of dry

poppies and met people I had never ever seen before so I could Discover Hope for you

from their dreams and now I have brought you a thousand bright reasons to

live I have come to believe that if someone who has lost a leg does not become a champion

Runner then it's their own

fault I'm worried we can't trust him if you know how to use take it

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not I don't need it what can I do for

you I don't know maybe you can say something for my

sister you can say something about life or about hope for her

hope you know you know a person needs a reason

for living and in difficult

circumstances hope is that reason of course it's

abstract but for the thirsty it's water for the hungry is bread

for the lonely it's love for a woman living under full

cover hope is the day that she will be

seen how was that did you like

that I didn't like it may I have that and try it on my

own sure you can have

it the only real obstacle on my journey is the Sun that is competing with me so

unfairly I have always thought to myself that if each one of us Shone with a light of a

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of those present only for you my sister