She is known for her work to support women journalists, and for her 2004 candidacy for Vice President of Afghanistan as the running mate of Abdul Rashid Dostum.

[1] When the United States began bombing Kabul in 2001, Habibi fled to the city of Peshawar, in Pakistan.

During the five years of the Taliban government, she organized "craft schools", at which women could manufacture handicrafts that could later be sold.

[1] In 2004, Habibi was a candidate for Vice President of Afghanistan, as the running mate of Abdul Rashid Dostum, a general in the Afghan army.

[1] Habibi is the director of the non-governmental organization New Afghanistan Women Association, which investigates cases of sexual violence.