As Afghanistan enters a new era, I want to be filled with less fear and more hope. It is hard to do that now. But I want to believe that peace will prevail,  new hopes will be born, and that women will sit as equals with men to rebuild and put together the pieces that remain.

Usually, to save lives, we have to go somewhere and do something. As a humanitarian worker, it was always somewhere ‘far’ in a developing country. Today, saving lives means staying at home. In retrospect, it has never been easier.