Fawzia Koofi, Sharifa Zurmati and Habiba Sarabi in QatarTHEY FACED the threat of mutilation for wearing nail polish or lipstick. The 45-year-old is among the three women at the peace talks that started on September 12, along with Habiba Sarabi, a former minister and teacher, and Sharifa Zurmati, a former journalist. “Be it pre-Taliban, Taliban or post-Taliban, women in Afghanistan have been through a lot. I had to leave my beloved country because Taliban stopped my daughter’s schooling. This is the girl the Taliban had stopped,” says Sarabi, adding that she returned to Afghanistan after the Taliban were ousted and set up a school.

Source: Indian Express September 16, 2020 23:59 UTC