Exhibit (q.2)

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                 WITH RESPECT TO
                         iSHARES TRUST AND ISHARES, INC.

Know all men by these presents that Robert S. Kapito, a Trustee of iShares Trust
(the "Trust") and a Director of iShares, Inc. (the "Company") (together, the
"Companies"), whose name and signature appears below, constitutes and appoints
Lee T. Kranefuss, Michael Latham, Geoffrey D. Flynn, Jack Gee, Margery K. Neale
and Barry P. Barbash, as his attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution, and
each of them in any and all capacities, to sign (i) any registration statement
on Form N-1A, Form N-14 or any other applicable registration form under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and/or under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and any and all amendments thereto, filed by the Companies of
which he is now or is on the date of such filing a Trustee of the Trust or
Director of the Company, (ii) any application, notice or other filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and any and all amendments thereto, and (iii)
any and all other documents and papers, including any exhibits, in connection
therewith, and generally to do all such things in his name and on his behalf in
the capacities indicated to enable the Companies to comply with the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, and/or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

                                                                December 8, 2009


/s/ Robert S. Kapito
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Name: ROBERT S. KAPITO