Fawzia Koofi remembers sitting in a taxi more than 10 years ago when the country held its first assembly, known as a loya jirga, following the U.S.-led invasion that ousted the Taliban from power.

Koofi and the taxi driver listened to the radio as it was announced that Hamid Karzai was chosen as the country's interim leader, and then something was said that astonished them both: A woman was going to run for president.

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