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Afghan activist Zarifa Ghafari: ‘They sold Afghanistan to the Taliban’

2nd December, 2022 · admin

FT: Ghafari is scathing about the 20 years of US intervention. “It was not a ‘war on terror’. It was war to produce more terrorism,” she says. “They [US forces] destroyed entire villages. And if you asked, they would say, ‘There was one or two Taliban.’” In Afghanistan’s perennial woes she sees the traces of

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Posted in History, Opinion/Editorial, Political News, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: US betrayal of Afghans, Zarifa Ghafari |
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Uprooted Women’s Rights Activist Wants Change Within Afghanistan

16th November, 2022 · admin

Akmal Dawi VOA News November 15, 2022 When the U.S. government started formally negotiating with the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, in 2019, Tamana Ayazi was concerned the process excluded prevalent fears of Afghan women that a Taliban return to power would deprive them of their basic human rights. A filmmaker, Ayazi decided to tell the

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Posted in Afghan Women | Tags: Zarifa Ghafari |
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Former Mayor’s Return to Kabul Sparks Controversy

11th March, 2022 · admin

VOA News March 10, 2022 WASHINGTON — After making a dramatic escape from Kabul last August, Zarifa Ghafari, once Afghanistan’s youngest female mayor, vowed to return to her native country. “Leaving [Afghanistan] doesn’t mean I’ve left forever,” she told VOA after evacuating to Germany. “I’m optimistic that I’ll return to my country very soon.” Last week,

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Posted in Political News, Taliban | Tags: Zarifa Ghafari |
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Former Mayor Zarifa Ghafari Returns to Afghanistan

27th February, 2022 · admin

 Tolo News: Zarifa Ghafari, the former mayor of Maidan Shahr in Maidan Wardak province, has returned to the country. Ghafari was appointed mayor of Maidan Wardak by former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in 2018. She has worked in many government positions.  “I came here to help—and, if I am able, to build trust between

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Posted in Afghan Women, Political News | Tags: Wardak, Zarifa Ghafari |
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Maidan Shahr mayor survives gun attack

22nd March, 2020 · admin

Ariana: Zarifa Ghafari Mayor of Maidan Shahr, the capital of Maidan Wardak province, has survived a gun attack in Kabul, the Interior Ministry said in a statement Sunday. Zarifa Ghafari – the first Afghan female mayor – was honored by the US Secretary of State with the International Women of Courage Award on Wednesday on

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Posted in Afghan Women, Security | Tags: Wardak, Zarifa Ghafari |

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