was on assignment in afghanistan covering human rights advances for women after the fall of the taliban. here s some of my reporting from december of that year. reporter: among the triumphs appreciated from kabul to kandahar. women, girls, you see women on the streets. i mean, i came here last december, you could hardly see any woman that was unveiled. now it is just unbelievable how many there are, women in offices working, teachers, university professors, lawyers, even women in the army. reporter: now signs of rebuilding from the ground up. one brick, one person, one step at a time. there was a lot of hope expressed then, and now those gains are in real jeopardy as the taliban quickly recaptures