Afghanistan: Taliban peace deal 'threat to women's future'

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Source: BBC

Women's rights activists in Afghanistan say they fear the advances made by women over the past decade could be reversed if a peace deal is done with the Taliban.

The Taliban came once for Fawzia Koofi, and she knows they could come again. This prominent member of parliament - and mother of two - survived a hail of bullets last year.

"It was the Taliban. They kept shooting at my car for half an hour," she said. "But luckily I survived that. For me the threats are more, because I don't like to keep silent".

Lately there was a new threat. Fawzia was warned that the much-feared insurgents of the Haqqani network planned to assassinate her.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15990373

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1. how tough is it to be a feminist in Afghanistan?

Remarkably brave women.