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All came at their own expense, some driving in from as far away as Alaska and Hawaii.

Five years ago, when the US and the British arrived in Afghanistan, they sold their mission to us not simply as a way of driving out the terrorist-shielding Taliban, but also as a way of empowering women. His alliances with warlords whose record is little better than the Taliban’s and his inability to give any real power to the women in the government have made women leaders sceptical of his commitment to their rights. Everywhere I go, from the offices of big international organisations such as Oxfam, to government ministries, to little Afghan organisations, I hear anger and frustration.