We’re not the women of 2001, Afghan activist tells Taliban rulers in talks call

24 September 2021

Afghan political exile Zarifa Ghafari fled Kabul shortly after the Taliban takeover on 15 August; she’d already survived three attempts on her life as one of the country’s few female mayors – and she feared the worst if she stayed.

Today, the 29-year-old activist is determined not to let the gains made by women over the last 20 years, go to waste.

She spoke in Geneva to UN News’s Daniel Johnson, who started by asking her for her assessment of the country’s new de facto rulers.

Audio Credit:

Daniel Johnson, UN News - Geneva

Audio Duration:

5'35"

Photo Credit:

UN Geneva/Inès Alfaro

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