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Escape attempt to Pakistan from "A Thousand Splendid Suns". Laila and Mariam attempt to flee to Pakistan with Aziza.

spring 1994

Escape attempt to Pakistan

Laila and Mariam attempt to flee to Pakistan with Aziza. They are betrayed by a man they asked to pose as their mahram and are arrested by the Mujahideen police. They are returned to Rasheed, who brutally beats Mariam and locks her in the toolshed. He then imprisons Laila and Aziza in a dark room without food or water for days, breaking their spirits.