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The Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg

The Underground Girls of Kabul

In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan

by Jenny Nordberg
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  • Sep 16, 2014, 288 pages
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  • Jul 2015, 288 pages
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