After the fall of the Taliban regime, Hamida Barmaki could work in public and was immediately appointed to important positions with high amounts of responsibility.
KLSO's main aim was raising citizens’ awareness of their rights and providing free legal assistance to women and other marginalized groups.
[3] In the same year in which KLSO was founded, Hamida Barmaki was mentioned by the Presidential Palace as a possible candidate to become the Minister of Women's Affairs (Afghanistan).
Together with an Afghan-German team of researchers, she initiated and implemented projects aimed at modernizing the legislation and the judicial institutions of the country, especially the Afghan Supreme Court, and the development of an academic culture in legal sciences on an international level.
Previous significant positions included those of Project Coordinator of the Institut International Pour Les Études Comparatives (IIPEC),[5] Head of the Law and Political Sciences Department at the National Center for Policy Research of Kabul University[6] (2006–2008), Legal Advisor to the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)[7] (2006), Director of the Women’s Islamic Rights Awareness Program of The Asia Foundation[8] (2004), Program Manager of the Afghan Women Lawyers' Council (2003–2004), Member of the UNIFEM Gender and Law Commission (2003–2004), and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences (2002).
Hamida Barmaki was deeply concerned about the vulnerability of children in war-torn Afghanistan and travelled to many provinces to consult with AIHRC staff and investigate cases.
[11] Together with civil society activists, academics, and lawyers from state institutions, she developed marriage forms and other tools aimed at bettering the protection of female minors.
[13] Among the dead was a young female judge called Najia, daughter of Siddiqullah Sahel, who had met Hamida Barmaki through the judicial training program organized by the Max Planck Institute for the Supreme Court.
The background of the attack remained unclear; it might have been directed against staff of the private security company Academi (formerly named Blackwater and Xe), against French diplomats, or against a high-ranking Afghan politician.
[16] Commentators sharply criticized the fact that the Afghan government was openly involved in "peace talks" with the same organizations that claimed responsibility for this act of extreme violence against civilians.
However, there were also voices speaking out against the use of this term which is likewise employed by terrorist organisations and does not reflect the peaceful and tolerant character of Hamida Barmaki.
This non-governmental and non-profit organization was named after her in honor of her tremendous commitment to strengthening the rule of law and human rights in Afghanistan.
[18] Moreover, the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and Rule of Law named an academic program after her and offers "Hamida Barmaki Ph.D.