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The article discusses policy that U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama could enact as president that would affect the Al Qaeda and Taliban organizations. The author emphasizes that Taliban and Al Qaeda leaders are free in the border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan, and that Taliban forces could surround and take over Kabul, Afghanistan. The author describes how the next president could utilize military strategy in Afghanistan similar to that which succeeded in the Iraq war.

Presents an account of the author's personal visits to Kabul, Afghanistan in the wake of the imposed control of the Taliban, a band of Islamic students. Discussion on how their previous vice and virtue laws which banned entertainment and employment for women have informally changed; Reasons as to why they have become more liberal for the sake of modernization; Job opportunities permissible for women such as working in bakeries; Details of frequent human rights abuse by the Taliban.