Mursal Nabizada could have fled Afghanistan with a humanitarian visa. But the former lawmaker remained in Kabul, after the Taliban seized power in August of 2021. Early on Sunday morning this week, gunmen killed Nabizada in her home. Fawzia Koofi, Nabizada’s friend and a former colleague in the Afghan parliament, talks with The World’s Marco Werman about the dangers facing all women in Afghanistan.
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