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One to One: David Loyn talks to Soraya Pakzat

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18/03/2014

David Loyn talks to Soraya Pakzat

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BBC Kabul correspondent David Loyn talks to Afghan women's rights campaigner Soraya Pakzat

Interview series. BBC Kabul correspondent David Loyn talks to Afghan women's rights campaigner Soraya Pakzat.

As western forces prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan, and the country faces elections, the BBC's Kabul correspondent David Loyn talks to Soraya Pakzat, a woman's rights campaigner. She tells him of how she has rescued young girls sold in marriage, of the extraordinary Afghan crime of "running away", and of her fears for the future of women in the country. 

Producer: Jolyon Jenkins.

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