karura forest was by far one of the scariest battles. people are showing a lot of anger because nobody knew the extent to which the forest is actually destroyed. it was vicious. she got very physically hurt, she was in hospital. but she survived. and so whenever she survived, she knew it was time to go back and finish the work of saving the park. we are here in karura forest, one of the most beautiful urban forests in the world, and it is thanks to the green belt movement and the efforts of my mother at the time that saved it. but she also was a human rights activist, a women s rights activist. i have no idea where these policemen are taking me now. hmm? i have done nothing! to challenge the president and the party of the day, that was gutsy.
brave? how long do we have to fight, in fact, fight with whom? with whom to talk? with whom to discuss? we are in darkness with no way to get to a brighter future. reporter: across the country, many more women like her hide in fear of the taliban. they share all the news, social media posts that they say show arbitrary abuse that are hard to verify and the taliban deny. for now, though, they are the only way that 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: sh woman is afghanistan s highest profile women s rights activist. she returned from the u.s. when the taliban were ousted two
weak, and ineffective, and saying that a fake news story was concocted. of course he s the one that writes fiction. brian todd, thanks so much. she says she s not afraid of death. but when the taliban find her, she hopes they kill her quickly. that s what one women s rights activist in afghanistan is now telling cnn. and we re live in kabul with that story, next.
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
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