Once the Taliban fell, the only place where women actually
took off their burqas was Kabul. In traditional areas,
women still are never seen in town without a burkha, and
they still never attend any meetings with men.
Sarah dresses like an Afghan man, with a turban, a long
shirt and a wide pair of pants. The men find this confusing,
sometimes hilarious. And my tagging along with a camera
behind this foreign cross-dresser created a circus in
Kandahar.
"Women don't wear turbans in Afghanistan," Qayum Karzai
told me. "But people have commented on how well Sarah
ties up the turban ... . I think if she can do this she
will become a celebrity."
