Smart woman

Barbara Walters of Television's ABC 20/20 did a story on gender roles in Kabul,
Afghanistan, several yearsbefore the Afghan conflict. She noted that women
customarily walked 5 paces behind their husbands.

She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind their
husbands. From Ms. Walter's vantage point, despite the overthrow of the
oppressive Taliban regime, the women now seem to walk even further back behind
their husbands and are happy to maintain the old custom.

Ms. Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, "Why do you now seem
happy with the old custom that you once tried so desperately to change?"

The woman looked Ms. Walters straight in the eyes,and without hesitation said,
"Land mines."