Zarifa Ghafari, 27, told the British newspaper she has nowhere to go and can't leave her family
One of Afghanistan's first female mayors said Sunday that she is waiting for the Taliban to come and kill her as the Islamic militants reached the capital, Kabul.
"Younger people are aware of what's happening. They have social media. They communicate. I think they will continue fighting for progress and our rights. I think there is a future for this country," Ghafari said.reported. Although there have been female governors and mayors before in Afghanistan, The Times reported, she is one of the few women ever to have held a government job in the very conservative city of Maidan Shar.
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