[10] She rose to prominence with an investigative documentary on the lives of Taliban prisoners, which dissected their thought-process and rationale for targeting not only Afghan and international forces, but also the general public in Afghanistan.
[4][12][13][14] The testimonies were used to lobby Afghan leaders, foreign diplomats and civil society groups, and Farahnaz's campaign had the backing of UN Women Afghanistan.
"[17] On April 21, 2019, Farahnaz told AFP that President Ashraf Ghani had tweeted that women's rights were a "red line" in the peace process.
[20] On November 9, 2020, Farahnaz received a call from the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee, which informed her that according to foreign intelligence services, she was on the Taliban's blacklist of people, that The New York Times described as a "hit list," which forced her to take refuge in Paris, France.
[1][21][22] Targeted killings of journalists, activists, and prominent women in other fields have surged since the February 2020 peace agreement negotiated between the Taliban and the United States under former president Donald Trump.