For those feeling hopeless about Afghanistan, here's what you can do right now to help:

There's a kickass network of local Afghan women's organizations who've built a country-wide escape & support network for women's rights activists facing targeted assassination by the Taliban They've created a route of safehouses for those women who can't get out of the country (which is most of them) but need emergency relocation. A kind of underground railroad. @MADREspeaks has secure channels for getting money where it's needed at the most local level.