Arundhati Roy Things that Can and Cannot Be Said (2016)
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There was a time when the women of Afghanistan-at least in Kabul-were out there. They were allowed to study; they were doctors and surgeons, walking free, wearing what they wanted. That was when it was under Soviet occupation. Then the United States starts funding the mujahideen. Reagan called them Afghanistan's "founding fathers."
— Arundhati Roy on Ronald Reagan
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "There was a time when the women of Afghanistan-at least in Kabul-were out there. They were allowed to study; they were doctors and surgeons, walking free, wearing what they wanted. That was when it was under Soviet occupation. Then the United States starts funding the mujahideen. Reagan called them Afghanistan's "founding fathers."" in the context of "Arundhati Roy Things that Can and Cannot Be Said (2016)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Ronald Reagan" (Quotes about Reagan: Alphabetized by author, R)
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