Posted AT 1:23 AM EDT on 11/10/06
Trembling in fear behind the burka
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — The letters are delivered in the night, dropped on the doorsteps of female Kandahar professionals. The anonymous missives warn the occupants that they will “bleed” if they don't stop working.
Other threats are more urgent. A female employee at a United Nations agency in Kandahar was warned by an unknown caller to leave Afghanistan within half an hour.
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