This blog is usually about women from the past who have done amazing things and deserve to be more widely recognised but an excellent feature article written by Matt Warren in the latest edition of UK magazine “The Lady”, reinforces the fact that women’s history is being written around the world every day and these extraordinary Afghani policewomen are adding to the current chapter. Click here to read the article.
But being women does not make them immune to living under the extreme pressures of their jobs, plus the coercion, corruption and conflicts of loyalty that have been reflected in the growing “green on blue” assassinations by rogue officers, with one of the most recent being perpetrated by one of these policewomen. This UK Daily Telegraph article suggests that the woman was an Iranian who suffered a psychological breakdown and was not related to her membership of an opposition group. In a country like Afghanistan no-one can ever be sure of the truth, but the dedication and bravery of the majority of these women should not be underestimated.
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