Afghan peace talks: The woman who negotiated with the Taliban
By Swaminathan Natarajan BBC World Service
27 February 2020
Fawzia Koofi's childhood dream of becoming a doctor was dashed when Taliban militants took over Afghanistan in the 1990s. The group, which banished women from public life, imprisoned her husband - and tried to kill her when she later became a politician.
But she ended up talking to the Taliban, who are now on the brink of a peace accord with US forces that drove them from power.
"I was not intimidated. For me it is important to be firm. I was representing the women of Afghanistan," she told the BBC.
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