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Another female police officer shot in Afghanistan
Gunmen shot the top female police officer in a troubled southern Afghan province on Sunday, leaving her facing possible paralysis just months after her predecessor was killed, government and hospital authorities said. It was the latest in a series of attacks on prominent women in Afghanistan, where just 1 percent of the police force is female.
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Afghan women being trained as frontline cops for the first time
Women in Afghanistan are being recruited as front line police officers for the first time, UK broadcaster Sky News reported on Wednesday.In the past, women were only allowed to carry out menial support tasks in the back office.But now the Afghan authorities, with the help of British instructors, are training women to help their male colleagu...
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Another female police officer shot in Afghanistan
Gunmen shot the top female police officer in a troubled southern Afghan province on Sunday, leaving her facing possible paralysis just months after her predecessor was killed, government and hospital authorities said. It was the latest in a series of attacks on prominent women in Afghanistan, where just 1 percent of the police force is female.
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Afghan women being trained as frontline cops for the first time
Women in Afghanistan are being recruited as front line police officers for the first time, UK broadcaster Sky News reported on Wednesday.In the past, women were only allowed to carry out menial support tasks in the back office.But now the Afghan authorities, with the help of British instructors, are training women to help their male colleagu...
