No, as it happens I haven't been to Afghanistan lately.  As I said before, it's absurd to suggest that Islam as practised by the Taleban is in any way representative of Islam in general.  Even post Taleban, the attitude of the men there is hardly going to change overnight.

For an unbiased view of women's issues in Islam take a look at:

http://www.islamfortoday.com/women.htm

(which indicentally supports RAWA, the source of one of your links above).

Michael.