Afghanistan had collapsed and everyone's life now lies broken at different levels within the rubble.
Nadeem AslamWomen joked amongst themselves: 'Why do you think a bride cries on her wedding day? It's for the love that this marriage is putting an end to for all eternity. Men may think a woman has no past- "you were born and then I married you"- but men are fools.
Nadeem AslamAll great artists know that part of their task is to light up the distance between two human beings.
Nadeem Aslam