The  Taliban  cannot be conquered, the   Russians  tried, the  Americans  tried, let's see   now  if the Chinese  try. After twenty years of  American occupation, the Taliban say,  "the   Americans  have  the  clocks, but the Taliban  have  the time." That may  be true, but God has   the time, grace, mercy, and forgiveness. God is   not moved by waving machine  guns, or by merciless executions. This grieves God.                                                                    How will the Taliban rule, particularly with regard to women, now that the Americans are gone? Twenty years feel more like sixty years  for  a  population whose life-expectancy is only thirty years. American millennials start "adulting" at age  thirty.  For an entire generation Taliban women  experienced Western freedom, but what is better, some of them have experienced the freedom that can only come from a relationship with Jesus Christ. Humility, submission, obedience, these are components of fervent prayers but, sadly, Afghani women have practiced these traits while being oppressed by Afghani men.     God listens attentively to the prayers of mothers,  daughters, sisters, and all women. Taliban men  should recognize  the  power of a woman's  prayers, and  they should put that prayer to work to rebuild their nation. The saying goes, "behind  every great man is a great woman."  But in my life, I say, "a  praying woman, who is honored and listened  to  by her  man, builds a great man."   She inculcates in her man the attributes of family responsibility and Godly purpose. My wife stood  by me and helped me avoid a lot of testosterone fueled, boneheaded decisions, that could have killed me, or at least put me in jail. I'm not just  bashing men here. Let's not deny that estrogen causes  a lot