Over the weekend, Sitara Achikzai, a governing council member in Kandahar and prominent women's rights activist, was gunned down outside her home. The Taliban has reportedly taken credit for her assassination. Achikzai returned to Afghanistan in 2004 after living for many years in exile in Germany. Recently, colleagues begged her not to attend government functions, fearing she would be targeted by the Taliban.
You can't help but wonder if passing a law that crippled women's rights didn't have some impact in promoting this weekend's attack.
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