fariba ahmedi , a woman legislator from khandahar which was welcome at ahmed - jan ' s funeral told the associated journalists , " the enemy of afghanistan beheaded her , but they should have it will not derail women from the path we are on . we will continue on our way , " . sonja gillibrand , a u . c . political officer who knew ahmed - jan well tells the new delhi times that ahmed - jan " did a fantastic job , she did in a very high - key situation and worked hard to raise attention about women ' s issues . "
Fariba Ahmedi was friends with Sonja Bachmann.