Afghan Women

Re “Training Camp of Another Kind,” Oct. 15: While the powers that be struggle to decide which of the existing bad guys should eventually be entrusted with the future of Afghanistan--trying, for once, to back the right horse--they seem to have all but ignored the obvious answer.

How about giving the women a chance? While the men are teaching their sons to handle automatic weapons, the Revolutionary Assn. of the Women of Afghanistan has been teaching their daughters to handle a pen.

Afghanistan has seen more than its share of misdirected testosterone and misogynist warriors, a horror it has now shared with the rest of the world. Let’s get it right this time. Instead of choosing the lesser of two evils, let’s take a step toward evolution and give the Revolutionary Assn. of the Women of Afghanistan, and their country, a chance.

Teri Szucs

Los Angeles