The Most Difficult Battles in Afghanistan

Published January 28, 2009

Bitter Roots Tender Shoots: The Uncertain Fate of Afghanistan's Women

By Sally Armstrong

Penguin Group Canada

$32 304 pp.

Confined to subservient roles more often than not, deprived of many and most freedoms, and victims to the most atrocious and unimaginable violence and horror, the common experiences shared by the women of Afghanistan are a...