Daily Mail: 'I'm scared for my life': First Afghan female pilot in the country's military since fall of the Taliban who defied death threats to take to the skies seeks asylum in the US
* Capt. Niloofar Rahmani, 25, is the first female pilot in the Afghani military since the fall of the Taliban in 2001
* She and her family have been forced to move several times after receiving death threats from the Taliban
* Rahmani was awarded the US Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award in 2015
* She traveled to the US last summer for training with the US Air Force in Arknasas which finished on Thursday - and was supposed to return Saturday, yet did not
Afghanistan's first female pilot to serve in the air force since the fall of the Taliban has applied for asylum in the United States.
Capt. Niloofar Rahmani told the Wall Street Journal: 'I would love to fly for my country — that is what I always wanted to do. But I'm scared for my life.'
Rahmani, 25, has defied death threats from the Taliban and even members of her own extended family to become the first female fixed-wing Air Force aviator in Afghanistan's history and the first female pilot in the Afghan military since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
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WNU Editor: If the Afghans are not willing to fight for their country .... why should we.
More News On Afghanistan's First Female Pilot Requesting Asylum In The U.S.
Anger in Afghanistan at female pilot's U.S. asylum bid -- Reuters
First Female Pilot in Afghanistan Requests Asylum in U.S. -- WSJ
First female Afghan Air Force pilot has applied for asylum to the United States -- WSJ
First fixed-wing Afghan female pilot requests asylum in US -- Khaama Press
Afghan Response to Female Pilot’s U.S. Asylum Case: ‘I Am Sure She Lied’ -- NYT
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"If the Afghans are not willing to fight for their country .... why should we."
It's not about "fighting for their country", it's about Afghanistan being unable to protect the families of service people.
Are we supposed to assume that the Taliban is a 100% foreign force?
Same as virtually every other Afghan officer who has come to the US for "training", including one who graduated from USAFA. I can't really blame them, but its the same as it ever was. The ones who can leave, leave as soon as they can. And since we don't deport illegals, why shouldn't these good people stay? No need to assimilate, or much else.
Merry Christmas.
The USMATCA program has trained 38,562 Afghan Officers and Enlisted Specialists in the US over the past 14 years.
9 went AWOL by overstaying their leave in strip clubs and bars.
2 fled to Canada to seek asylum.
6, because of constant death threats to themselves and their families, have sought Asylum in the US as Refugees.
Meanwhile, in Iraq and Afghanistan, 34,650 translators and guides who worked with Coelition Forces, have been abandoned to their fate, 1150 and their families have managed to flee as refugees, some 9,800 and their families have been "executed" by ISIS, al Quida and the Taliban.
The lack of commitment most specifically the ability to make such a commitment has been a problem from the start. America is incapable of offering protection to these people on the level needed. It's long past time American leaders understand this.
So far, at least to the best of my knowledge, DJT has refrained from such nonsense as referring to America as "the indispensable nation" or himself as the "leader of the free world." Most Americans find such nonsense nauseating. This is one of the major reasons why he won.
With that said the commitment by Afghans does not seem to be what it should have been or what we expected. On balance the editor is correct.
We should help those who tried to help us where and when we can but our power is strictly limited. They along with US leaders need to understand this. Frankly they and US leaders should have known better. The Soviet Unioon of the late 1970s could not "win" in Afghanistan. There'd have been no reason to expect a lesser power such as the United States of the early 21st century could succeed where the Soviets did not.
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This is why I love about your comments Jay. You put everything into perspective. :)
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