For over 20 years, brave men and women fought in Afghanistan. From the very start they were supported by an extraordinary Afghan-American woman and South Shore resident—Razia Jan—who collected shoes for US soldiers and airmen to distribute to children and so build goodwill between them and the people of Afghanistan. Operation Shoe Fly was the first of many selfless acts by Razia, who believed that her na tive country—especially its women—deserved the freedom and opportunity she found in the US T...
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