Deborah Ellis - When the Taliban took over in 1996, the news of their crimes hit the Toronto papers....

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When the Taliban took over in 1996, the news of their crimes hit the Toronto papers. As a feminist and as an anti-war activist, I heard about what was happening to women, and I wanted to do something to support those folks.

Deborah Ellis

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Als die Taliban 1996 die Macht übernahmen, traf die Nachricht von ihren Verbrechen die Toronto-Zeitungen. Als Feministin und als Antikriegsaktivistin hörte ich, was mit Frauen geschah, und ich wollte etwas tun, um diese Leute zu unterstützen.

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