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Gary R. Bunt

Negotiating with the Taliban

BBC News, Afghan peace talks: The woman who negotiated with the Taliban

"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."

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