A short BBC News article based on two women in the Swat Valley:
Swat in north-west Pakistan is still recovering from a period of militancy several years ago. Men and women deemed un-Islamic were killed by the Taliban and their bodies dumped on the street. Hundreds of girls schools were destroyed before the army ousted the militants in 2009. A local school girl and Swat's first woman to train as a lawyer told Nosheen Abbas how life is changing.
Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14420886

A reminder too of women's role in COIN, which IMHO we often overlook.