favored daughter
How can we fix Afghanistan? Imagine a world with no war, no conflict between nations and only prosperity throughout. Today our country is occupying many areas of the Middle East. In the book The Favored Daughter by Fawzia Koofi talks about the life of a young afghan girl growing up in a society full of terror. Koofi describes life growing up with a powerful political figure for a father, she goes on to describe many crazy situations in her life such as almost being killed multiple times, the violence in Kabul, and the loose border with Pakistan and Afghanistan. We had the privilege to speak with a man named Tarik who grew up in Kabul, he had some interesting things to say about Koofi, in that her book was very bias towards Americans. He shared with us that there actually was no loose boarder and some terrible rumors about the Koofi family in whole. He believed that America would never pull out of Afghanistan as we have always had a presence in the Middle East and will remain that way forever. So will pulling all troops out of Afghanistan help or hurt the country? Koofi explains throughout her book what it is like living in Afghanistan, at first glance you feel truly bad for Koofi, her father murdered by the Mujahideen her mother put behind new wife’s by her father. On page 73 she describes how Kabul has become a killing zone, claiming that she heard reports of over 100 people dying per night! She compares the differences in culture from America to Afghanistan talking about polygamy and her father remarrying multiple times, contrary to popular belief she didn’t have to wear a burka until she was 16. She describes how the Taliban came into her house (Koofi page 141) with no warrant, turned the entire house upside down looking for her brother who had recently gone into hiding. After not finding any evidence of the brother being there they stormed out, marching down the stairs. As Koofis newlywed husband was on his way back from his office, he encounters the