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One thing was very interesting.

The first thing Taliban say, let me tell you, sister, we are not this kind of people to attack on you.

They called you sister. They called me sister.

And I say, we will not talking about personal issues. Let's talk about women.

My name is Shukre Barksay and currently I'm the Afghan ambassador in Oslo and still I am

member of Afghan parliament since 12 years and I've been journalist drafting the Constitution for my country, Afghan women

politician, female politician which is very rare you can see and working for

freedom of speech, human rights activists, and champion of women's rights.

I'm Lee's Dousette, and this is the fourth episode of Her Story Made History.

The BBC World Service Series exploring how women made history in their own countries.

I've traveled to Norway to see Shukria.

I've known her since early 2002. Since those very first months after the

Afghan Taliban was toppled, that moment of hope when its brutal rule ended, including the harsh treatment of women,

banning them from public places, forcing them to dress in all enveloping burkas,

and forbidding girls from going to school. But the end of Taliban

rule did not mean the end of Afghan women's battle for greater rights. In a deeply

traditional society where there's been one war after another for nearly four decades,

Afghan women have always been fighting for a better life and still do.

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