I would just add one thing about the differences, about the ethnicities and this kind of thing. In Kabul, the Pashtuns are the prime ethnic group. They've always thought they've run the country anyhow. The people out where I go, in Ghazni, in Bamian, and so on, are Shia Muslims. The rest are Sunni Muslims. There is a big difference between the way they look at things. You don't see women in the Shia areas covered up with the burka. You don't see that sort of thing ever.
So you have to get to know, when you cross boundary lines, how the women are treated. There's a much fairer distribution of responsibilities between men and women when you're in Shia country.