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"The Underground Girls of Kabul" with Author Jenny Nordberg
While on assignment in Afghanistan in 2009, journalist Jenny Nordberg discovered the “bacha posh” - daughters who are temporarily raised as sons and presented to the world as boys. Nordberg shares her experiences reporting on this hidden practice, the subject of her book The Underground Girls of Kabul which was named a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2014 and finalist for a Goodreads Choice Award.
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