The birth of a boy is celebrated in Afghanistan. The birth of a girl produces very different reactions, almost mourning.
Through their lives, males and females are treated very differently.
Even so, it surprised journalist Jenny Nordberg to find girls living disguised as boys in Afghanistan, a situation she covered in the book The Underground Girls of Kabul.
Jenny Nordberg spoke to us about the book in October 2014. That interview gets a second hearing here.