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Lingering Fear from Living in Darkness

"Nasifaz," an Afghan woman, explained to a Chicago Tribune foreign correspondent the reason some Afghan women continue to wear burqas—the full-body coverings mandated by the Taliban—even though they don't like them and are no longer forced to wear them:

"We have lived in darkness for so long that now we are afraid of the light."

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