She got sick and her mother wasn’t with her,” Zewari said, her voice strained. “This is the impact of war on people,” she said. Read more:Article Continued BelowNajia Zewari in her office in 1993 when she was the managing director at the Afghan Women Resources Center in Peshawar, Pakistan, providing support to refugee women. The situation in the country in 2013 was tense as the war continued despite U.S. troops plans to withdraw. “My grandchildren will maybe think differently,” she said, praying that the generations that have only seen war in Afghanistan, may someday see peace.

Source: thestar December 29, 2017 23:00 UTC