Fawzia Koofi is Afghanistan's first female deputy speaker of Parliament and a noted activist for women's and children's rights. She is the author of the new book The Favored Daughter: One Woman's ...

Fawzia Koofi pressed for women's rights during her first face-to-face meeting with the Taliban Fawzia Koofi's childhood dream of becoming a doctor was dashed when Taliban militants took over ...

Shuhra Koofi was desperate. Her mother, a two-term member of the Afghan parliament, had been shot as they travelled back to Kabul together by car. Shuhra begged her mother, Fawzia Koofi ...

As the US administration makes claims of progress in talks with the Taliban, one Afghan politician, Fawzia Koofi is making her voice of caution heard, calling for the world to ensure Afghans ...

The chaos in Afghanistan could have been avoided if the US delayed its exit for just a month, Fawzia Koofi, a leading Afghan peace negotiator, told The Guardian in an interview Thursday.

Being one of the few women in the room is tough enough, but when Fawzia Koofi enters peace talks with the Taliban, she’s not only vastly outnumbered by men, she’s also sitting across from the ...