A STORY FROM BARBARA WALTERS Barbara Walters of 20/20 did a story on gender roles in Kabul,Afghanistan, several years before the Afghan conflict.She noted that the women customarily walked 5 paces behind their husbands. She recently returned toKabul and observed that women still walk behind their husbands.From Ms. Walters vantage point,despite the overthrow of the oppressiveTaliban regime, the women now seem to walk even further back behind their husbands and are happy to maintain the old custom.Ms. Walters approached one ofthe Afghani women and asked, "Why do you now seem happy with the old custom that you once tried so desperately to change?"The women looked Ms. Walters straight in the eyes and without hesitation, said "Land mines."Moral: Behind every man is a smart woman.