It's not about women's rights. It's about human rights.

It's days like these I feel this place is hopeless. The bodies of three local women were discovered yesterday, raped and murdered, with notes pinned to their chests that they were killed for "whoredom" and for working with international NGOs. An Afghan youth group claimed responsibility.

The rape tells me this has as much or more to do with the victims having the audacity to work outside the home, rather than a statement against foreign NGOs.