'I Lost Everything': An Anti-Corruption Judge on Her Escape From Afghanistan
In this week's Legal Speak episode, Judge Lida Kharooti, who served as a judge on Afghanistan's anti-corruption serious crimes court for 13 years, shares how she fled the country when the Taliban took over.
January 12, 2024 at 07:37 PM
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Legal Speak PodcastIn our last episode of 2023, Law.com legal tech reporter Isha Marathe spoke with Judge Toni Clarke, one of the jurists who has helped women judges escape Afghanistan after the Taliban took over the country. In this week's episode, Isha interviews Judge Lida Kharooti, who served as a judge on Afghanistan's anti-corruption serious crimes court for 13 years, until the Taliban seized Kabul.
Kharooti details how she fled the country—a day she said she'll never forget. She also shared what the legal community can do to help women judges escape Afghanistan.
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