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Judge escaped Taliban in war-torn Afghanistan after being left for dead to set up new life in Oldham
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukFor the latest Oldham news sign up to the MyOldham newsletter here A family court judge had to flee war-torn Afghanistan after threats were made on her life after due to the work she was doing to campaign for women’s rights in her spare time.
Having moved to the UK 13 years ago, Marzia Babakarkhail, 55, now lives in Oldham and can look back on those days with a sense of security - but it was a very difficult prospect for her and her family to face back in 1992.
Marzia, who is from Polkhomri, had worked her way up the court system in Afghanistan - a rarity for a woman in the country at the time - from administrator to a judge at the age of 26. Read more: 'Big Ben' is coming to Piccadilly Gardens “My parents were professional people, they
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