48. In one of the first districts the social work team entered, Tracy found an unusually large number
of widows in one village whose husbands lost their lives in the war. (A) Their lack of income
created financial pressure on their sons to provide for their families. (B) That was a motive that
could drive the young men to join well-paid Taliban rebels. (C) The quality of a marriage
improves when both partners work. (D) Citing Tracy’s advice, American officers developed a
job training program for the widows.