mohammad sidique's 19-month-old daughter is getting sicker by the day. >> reporter: the speed of thee has left shock and desperation in its wake. laila was once the very picture of progress and defiance, the symbol of afghanistan that almost was. she lived a life dedicated to her community. running this private drug rehab center, which had been the only one of its kind in kabul. funding it through a restaurant she owned. now with the taliban in power, her world has been turned upside down. how are you? >> i'm fine, thank you. >> how are you really? >> reporter: the rehab center and her restaurant now both shuttered. her dreams of a better future for her country, of a place at the table for women, of democracy, destroyed. when the taliban came in on august the 15th, what happened with you? >> reporter: laila's resolve is a flame that still flickers even in the darkness. today she runs a vocational training center for women, teaching them english, sewing, computer skills. >> reporter: there are so many women like laila. women who once not only had a voice in afghanistan but a place. to