As the training of the Afghan National Police Force continues, statistics show that women currently make up only 9% of Afghan police recruits, even though women represent half the population of Afghanistan.
Many male officers say working alongside them makes them uncomfortable, and deep-rooted cultural biases in the country are proving to be an impediment to the recruitment of women.
That hasn’t stopped women from joining, though.
But Hora was resolute. “When we have the weapons, the equipment, the handcuffs, we can do anything” – even arrest members of the Taliban, she said. – Carol Giacomo’s blog for the New York Times
Here are 6 photographs by Fabrizio Bensch (Reuters), which shows some of the Afghan women in training.
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