The woman who negotiated with the Taliban

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Afghan peace talks: The woman who negotiated with the Taliban

When it was their turn to speak, a Taliban negotiator responded to her demands for sexual equality.

For people like Ms Koofi this is the crux of the problem. Islam has one holy book, but many streams of theological thought. Within days her childhood ambition had been destroyed and she was shown the door by the medical college, which was following orders from the militants. She stayed in Kabul and taught English to girls who had been thrown out of school.

"The [Taliban's so-called] vice and virtue department used to patrol the streets and they used to beat up women if they didn't wear a burka." She was also left with two daughters to bring up on her own after her husband died of tuberculosis, contracted during his time in prison.Ms Koofi says her daughters and other girls cannot be confined to home

Bullets were fired from across the river and from a mountain top. Ms Koofi and her two daughters were saved by her security officers, who drove them into a mountain tunnel, from where they were airlifted to Kabul by helicopter.Ten years on and the Taliban and the US are inching towards a peace accord, which could be signed this weekend. It took only a few years for the militants to regroup and fight back - they now control more territory than at any time since 2001.

 

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