I saw mavis Leno and some shots of the taliban religious police beating a woman for exposing her ankles. First thing to mind, me and mine, do that to my wife, daughter, etc you will die. The Northern Alliance is apparantly not much different. Yet the same tribal setup in Pakistan had Benizar? Bhutto, a woman as an elected leader at one point. There is room for improvement. In fact a killing offence when I was there was "niced tits" where are the male relatives of the women? I think right now Afghanistan is "the place" for marriage impaired males. The Afghan women and families I met would rejoice in the fact that their country could get back to some sane level of bloodletting like the old days, ambushes, small arms, polo with goats etc.
thanx,
bill