Malalai Bahaduri

Malalai Bahaduri is a Senior Instructor in the Afghan National Interdiction Unit (NIU), with the military rank of Second Lieutenant. In 2013, Bahaduri received an International Women of Courage Award.

 Work 

Bahaduri worked as a telecommunications operator.  In 2002, the Taliban rule of Afghanistan ended, and Bahaduri decided to join law enforcement. Her uncle did not want her to do this.  He threatened Bahaduri with death, and he physically abused her.  

Bahaduri is the first woman in the Afghan National Interdiction Unit. She worked in counternarcotics operations in all 34 provinces of Afghanistan. 

 References 

 Other websites 

 2013 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr 
Secretary's International Women of Courage Award (U.S. Department of State)

Category:Women who received the International Women of Courage Award
Category:Living people
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Afghan military people
Category:21st-century Afghan people