US aid woman hopes to return

Peshawar - Ms Mary MacMakin (71), a US aid worker expelled from Afghanistan on a spying charge, which she denies, arrived in …

Peshawar - Ms Mary MacMakin (71), a US aid worker expelled from Afghanistan on a spying charge, which she denies, arrived in neighbouring Pakistan yesterday, hoping to return to Afghanistan for her aid project.

She told reporters here that she had provoked Afghanistan's Taleban rulers by her "truthful" reports about the situation there, particularly for women.

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