many more women like her hide in fear of the taliban. they share all the new social media posts of arbitrary abuse. they are both hard to verify and the taliban deny for now, though, it's the only way the women can protest their plight. >> everything is at stake right now because we are actually facing a situation that we are so disliked by a group of people who are actually running this country. they can't even look at us. >> reporter: she is afghanistan's highest-profile women's rights activist. she returned from the u.s. when the taliban were ousted two decades ago. she won't leave again, she says. we'll stay here to defend women, get the world's attention. >> they are going to make problems. they are going to raise their voices. they are going to start, you know -- the world is becoming a very small place now. >> reporter: these are brutal guys with guns who turn them on