I followed your link about good news in Afghanistan and found this:

“[I]n spite of repeated warnings from the Taliban that women should neither register nor stand for office, 2.1 million women have now registered to vote, according to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, the body overseeing the process. This means that 38% of the current electorate are women, overturning predictions that few would register.”

That must be why the feminist Left has so strongly opposed the Taliban and so lavishly praised Bush. Oh, wait a mminute. . . .