"How can we reconcile with them?" she asks, touching her face.
As my readers will recall, Aisha's Talib husband cut off her ears and nose because she ran away from his house. Where his family had tried to beat her to death. Her punishment, to be disfigured and left to die, was adjudicated by a local Taliban justice.
How, indeed, can the Karzai government reconcile with a group that condones treatment of any human being in such a fashion?
Time's courageous use of Aisha on its cover brings the plight of women like Aisha to the forefront.
You can read an abridged version of the Time article through the link above. But I encourage you to watch Jodi Bieber's moving short video on photographing Aisha for the cover:
In addition you can see a photo gallery by Jodi Bieber featuring some of the bravest women on the planet- Afghan legislators, dissidents, survivors, here.
Aisha is in the US at present, finally having the reconstructive surgery for which Women for Afghan Women has fought so hard. CNN journalist Atia Abawi will continue to update us on Aisha's progress.
Atia Abawi and Bibi Aisha, CNN
