The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 16th, 2001
AMERICA AT WAR In Kabul, citizens try to take a holiday from hardship Joy, anxiety mingle as capital looks to post-Taliban era By LAURA KING Associated Press Sunday, December 16, 2001 Kabul, Afghanistan -- With bursts of steam and the hubbub of delighted female voices, women's public baths reopened Saturday in Kabul -- one of many long-forbidden pleasures reclaimed as Afghans made ready for the year's most festive Muslim holiday. People flocked to barbershops and butchers, tailors and sweetshops, beauty parlors and fruit-sellers in a frenzy of last- minute preparations for the Eid al-Fi...
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