Afghanistan's 250 women judges fear for their lives, with men they once jailed now freed by the victorious Taliban to hunt them down.
Judges and activists are working around the clock to help them escape to help these women judges escape
A high-level Afghan women judge who fled to Europe said the Taliban have released prisoners across the country, which "really put the lives of women judges in danger’. She further added that four or five Taliban members who she had jailed had visited her home in Kabul to enquire about her.
She told Reuters in an interview that her colleagues back home have told her ‘if they do not get rescued their lives are in direct danger."
During their rule 20 years back women were banned from most work.
After they seized the Afghan capital Kabul on August 15 they said women's rights will be protected, but are yet to provide details
Women who work in justice have already been high profile targets. Two female Supreme Court justices were gunned down in January.