In March 6, 2011’s Washington Post, there is a disturbing piece on Afghanistan and USAIDs priorities with respect to women.In severalrebuilding efforts, USAID has apparently weakened its emphasis on increasing womens rights in Afghanistan.I am a pragmatist too but women are central to reconstruction:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/05/AR2011030503668.html?hpid=artslot