It is, therefore, no surprise that a considerable majority of
Afghan women surveyed recently fear the freedoms they have gained may not last long, and that the return of a Taliban - style rule was in the offing.
A
survey conducted by Action Aid found that while two thirds of
Afghan women found their lives had improved over the last decade, nine out of ten feared a return to Taliban - style rule.
Alighiero Boetti, the subject of a major
survey in 2012 at Tate Modern, the Reina Sofia and MoMA NY, is represented by several important works, including his Mappa from 1979 (illustrated left, estimate: # 450,000 - 650,000)-- part of the famous series of embroidered world maps that he made between 1971 and 1994 in partnership with
Afghan women weavers living in Kabul and later as refugees in Peshawar — are the best - known and most - loved of all his works.