Women Recruits In The Afghan Army

The Afghan army's women officer cadets share a joke between lessons. Photo: Lalage Snow

Force For Change: The Women Of The New Afghan Army -- The Telegraph

For the first time since the dark days of the Taliban, 29 women have been recruited to serve in the Afghan army

It was Haniffa Rezai's mother, a policewoman, who encouraged her to join the Afghan National Army (ANA) instead of going to university, but the seed had been planted many years earlier. 'When the Taliban were in power we lived in Iran and our neighbour was in the Iranian army,' Rezai says. 'His guards would salute him when he came home and I used to copy them. It made me want to learn how to march. One day, I will be the one who is saluted, just like him.'

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My Comment: They still have a long way to go.