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Chair of the Afghan Women Lawyers and Professionals Association, member of the loya jirga and international lawyer. Paikan was professor of international law at Balkh University in Mazar-i-Sharif until the Taliban took over. At this point she went underground, eventually fleeing Afghanistan to Pakistan, taking five of her six daughters with her.