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Nila Ibrahimi, a 17-year-old Afghanistan-native girls’ right activist, holds her prize after winning the KidsRights International Children’s Peace Prize during a ceremony at De Nieuwe Kerk, in Amsterdam, on Tuesday.  | AFP photo

A teenager who narrowly escaped after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan three years ago, on Tuesday won the prestigious KidsRights Prize for her fight for women’s rights.

Nila Ibrahimi, 17, followed the likes of environmental activist Greta Thunberg and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai to claim the International Children’s Peace Prize.