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DUESSELDORF, Germany - An Afghan mayor who fled to Germany said she would work in her host country to draw attention to the plight of those left behind who are living in fear of Taliban militants running Afghanistan. Zarifa Ghafari, who was one of the country's first female mayors in Maidan Shahr west of Kabul until the Taliban seized power last week, thanked the German government and people for "saving" her life and that of her family. "I am just here to raise the voice of those 99% of people in Afghanistan who are not able to come out of...

27-year-old Zarifa Ghafari is the first-ever female mayor of an Afghan city. She has survived three assassination attempts. Now she sits and waits for the Taliban to come kill her. No help awaits Ghafari and her family. ..... Snip..... TIME magazine called Zarifa Ghafari a next generation leader. Now she sits and waits for death.