BostonHerald.com - Opinion & Letters: Kabul's good news missed: For women, a new role: "Ebadi isn't alone in her passionate patriotism or her belief in women. Scores of Afghans never mentioned to me the violence that preoccupies Western press. Instead, they stressed their hope for a transformed homeland that includes a robust presence of women governing the country. One man told me he didn't know who the thousands of candidates were, but he was going to vote for women because they weren't the ones behind the guns. "