#kabul-afghanistan

A woman must walk 5 paces behind... Barbara Walters did a story on gender roles in Kabul, Afghanistan, several years before the Afghan conflict. She noted that women customarily walked five paces behind their husbands. She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walked behind their husbands, despite the overthrow of the oppressive Taliban regime and women seemed happy to maintain the old custom. Ms. Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, "Why do you still abi…

anderson cooper CNN anderson cooper did a story on gender roles in Kabul, Afghanistan, several years before the Afghan conflict. He noted that women customarily walked 5 paces behind their husbands. He recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind their husbands. From his 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. He approached one of …