He meant those regions where men who lived by ancient tribal laws had rebelled against the communists and their decrees to liberate women,
to abolish forced marriage, to raise the minimum marriage age to sixteen for girls.
“There, men saw it as an insult to their centuries-old tradition,” Babi said,
to be told by the government, and a godless one at that, that their daughters had to leave home, attend school, and work alongside men.”
“God forbid that should happen!” Babi liked to say sarcastically.
Then he would sigh, and say, “Laila, my love, the only enemy an Afghan cannot defeat is himself.”
Babi took his seat at the table, dipped bread into his bowl of aush.
Laila decided that she would tell him about what Tariq had done to Khadim, over the meal, before they started in on fractions.
But she never got the chance. Because, right then, there was a knock at the door, and, on the other side of the door, a stranger with news.
19.
“I need to speak to your parents, dokhtar jan,” he said when Laila opened the door.
He was a stocky man, with a sharp, weather-roughened face.
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