Former Afghan MP Fawzia Koofi tells cathynewman the Taliban’s renewed crackdown on women’s rights in the country is “heartbreaking” - as dozens of women take to the streets in Kabul to protest against further restrictions on their freedom.
We began by asking her to give a sense of the courage of the women protesting this week.
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