“the wars had made fathers a rare commodity in Afghanistan.”

"The wars had made fathers a rare commodity in Afghanistan." (245)

During the war it was men that went out to fight. They were looked at and called out to fight for their country and to keep their families safe. Afghanistan like many countries in this sence because when there is a war they look for men to stand up and fight. With war deaths come, so if fathers are the ones fighting the war. It is them dying and being injured and going missing. So there was less fathers around in the time of wars.