sits with you more than anything. do you believe the taliban is that dramatically different now, or do you expect a return to the same? >> i would love to believe that they're dramatically different. i obviously -- they are on a great p.r. campaign. they're trying to show the international community that they have changed, that they will allow women to go to school. but i was there. i was there three times when they were in power. in 2000, 2001, i saw what it was like for women. i saw firsthand. women couldn't leave their homes. educated women stuck at home serving tea and cookies. you know, music was illegal. television was illegal. all forms of entertainment were illegal. girls couldn't be educated. women couldn't be educated. it was devastating. the only women on the streets were widows, who were begging because their husbands were dead and they couldn't work. so that, you know, i don't know. i would love to believe they will allow women to continue