I believe the consequences of a war are so harsh that it should be always the last resort.

As the only woman, I was able to sit with the officers in front, with a glass of vodka in one hand and a cucumber in the other. That's how I went to my first war.

As a woman, you accept the situation, adapt to it, and do your best, whereas men would choose violence.

If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan.

I believe the consequences of a war are so harsh that it should be always the last resort.

Being a war correspondent, and having covered four wars, I know that wars very seldom solve things.

There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book.