go out on the streets. at the central kabul market today, stores were open and people were back on the streets. or at least some people. it was impossible not to notice that women here seemed to have largely melted away. one store was doing better business than usual. for more than a decade, mohamed has been selling burkas, the head-to-toe covering once imposed by the taliban. business was good, but now it's even better, he tells us. more sales. why do you think you are selling more burkas right now? because the taliban took over, and all the women are afraid, he says. so that's why they're all coming in and buying burkas. do you feel abandoned? >> yeah, exactly. >> reporter: in an apartment downtown, we saw that fear firsthand. until last week, she was working for the un. that's not her real name and she