Afghan air force 2nd Lt. Niloofar Rhmani and Capt. Aaron Marx preflight a Cessna 208 at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan. On this day, Rhmani became the first woman to fly a fixed wing combat mission. Marx hails from San Antonio, Texas, and is deployed from RAF Mildenhall, England, were he pilots KC-135R Stratotankers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ben Bloker)
The Independent: Afghanistan's first female military pilot granted asylum in US after fleeing Taliban death threats
'I can finally live my life in peace,' says Niloofar Rahmani. 'Now all my worries are about my family in Afghanistan'
Afghanistan’s first female air force pilot has been granted asylum in the US after death threats forced her to flee her home country.
Captain Niloofar Rahmani became a celebrity in her homeland after she qualified to fly fighter jets and was hailed by US government as a symbol of women’s progress in the country.
But Washington has now ruled that it would be too dangerous for her to return home.
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