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- 1 2 Hafizullah Emadi (2008) "Establishment of Afghanistan’s Parliament and the Role of Women Parliamentarians Retrospect and Prospects" Internationales Asienforum , Volume 39, number 1–2, pp5–19
- ↑ Afghanistan: Women and reconstruction International Crisis Group
- ↑ Hafizullah Emadi (2002) Repression, Resistance, and Women in Afghanistan p85