Mahbouba Seraj is a rare dissenting voice in Afghanistan, but the veteran activist is beginning to doubt whether the world is even listening when she speaks out. She returned to Afghanistan in 2003 after around a quarter century of self-imposed exile during the Soviet occupation, civil war, and first Taliban regime. "We have to take the side of the Afghan woman. And it's my job, and I will continue doing it. I do have a commitment for them and I will continue doing that commitment, until the day I die," she says. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES