Women of Afghanistan

Notable Afghan women

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  Laura Bush and Dr. Zenat Karzai, wife of President Hamid Karzai, Margaret Spellings, talk with Afghan women about issues of women's rights and education
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  Shukria Barakzai, served as member of Afghan Parliament
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  Fauzia Gailani, served as member of Afghan Parliament
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  Suhaila Sediqqi, retired Surgeon General and Minister of Public Health
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  Soraya Dalil, Minister of Public Health
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  Husn Bano Ghazanfar, Minister of Women's Affairs
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  Nilofar Ibrahimi, served as member of Afghan Parliament
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  Habiba Sarabi, served as Minister of Women's Affairs and as Governor of Bamyan Province
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  Sima Samar, politician
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  Azra Jafari, Mayor of the town of Nili in the Daykundi Province
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  Malalai Joya, served as member of Afghan Parliament
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  Hammasa Kohistani, Miss England 2005
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  Lina Rozbih, anchor for Voice of America Dari and Pashto in the United States

Other

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  Afghan Uniformed Police broadcasters line up in Balkh
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  An Afghan National Policewoman (ANP) stands at attention during a pass and review formation before the start of the International Women's Day ceremony in 2010.
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  Zainab, member of the Afghan National Police
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  Female workers at a factory
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  Female art students in Kabul
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  New graduated midwives
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  A female researcher at the Agricultural Research Laboratory in Kabul
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  Afghan women at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul
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  Female police training in Bamiyan
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  Women from different parts of the country at a special mid-wives training program
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  The newly formed Afghan Midwives Association meets at Kabul's Rabia Balkhi Hospital
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  Members of a group called Womens.org in southern Afghanistan
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  Female Afghan paravet
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  Female students at Herat University
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  Rug weavers
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  Female students in 2002
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  Female students chat in front of Kabul Medical University in 2006
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  An unknown woman covering most of her face
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  Women wearing burkas in the street