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Ms. Wali during the talks on Afghanistan in Germany in 2001.
Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters; thumbnail, Frank Augstein/Associated Press, 2001
Sima Wali
Died on September 22, 2017 at age 66
Ms. Wali fled the Soviet-backed coup in Afghanistan in 1978 to wage what she called a “jihad for peace and equality” by women against “gender apartheid” imposed by the Communists and then by the Taliban.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.