A precarious time


Shukriya Matin (left), 28, was able to finish school after returning to Afghanistan, and now manages several rural health clinics that provide care for women and children. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Afghan women worry they’d lose the freedom they have gained when US troops leave next year.

GHAZALAN Koofi loves her mother, but not the life her mother has been compelled to live.

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