August 24, 2021
Quote: One of their daughters asked, “Why did you send me to school if I must cover myself and can never go to work?”
John W. Bing served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan. From a girl in Afghanistan, he shares a painful question she and her family now face. Photo: One of the women who form Bamiyan Weavers in Afghanistan. Courtesy Bamiyan Weavers One of their daughters asked, “Why did you send me to school if I must cover myself and can never go to work?” It’s a question Bing poses in an essay for the Santa Fe New Mexican. After the recent fall of Kabul, he writes about a project with women weavers in Afghanistan that is supported by Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. Bing served...