Washington D.C.:  Young, ambitious and arrogant, William Astill prepares to leave for Afghanistan, where he will take up his duties as Public Affairs Attache. Family and/or colleagues keep confusing Afghanistan with Africa and wherever else. Clearly Astill is headed to an obscure location to educate the natives.  Incidental items to add: News stories and/or advertising relating to American arch-conservative religious zealots (counterposing the mullahs later encountered in Afghanistan) and to women’s rights/treatment of women in the U.S. (counterposing the narrative of women’s rights in Afghanistan).