The day my eldest son put on his military uniform and walked out through our front gate, I never imagined it would be the last time I would watch his footsteps cross our courtyard. As always, I prayed for him and said, “Come back soon.” He said, “Dear mother, don’t worry, I will return.” My […] The post From Grief to Living with Killers: A Mother’s Account of How the Taliban Took Her Sons appeared first on Hasht-e Subh .