Daily Mail: 'I'm scared for my life': First Afghan female pilot in the country's military since fall of the Taliban who defied death threats to take to the skies seeks asylum in the US
* Capt. Niloofar Rahmani, 25, is the first female pilot in the Afghani military since the fall of the Taliban in 2001
* She and her family have been forced to move several times after receiving death threats from the Taliban
* Rahmani was awarded the US Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award in 2015
* She traveled to the US last summer for training with the US Air Force in Arknasas which finished on Thursday - and was supposed to return Saturday, yet did not
Afghanistan's first female pilot to serve in the air force since the fall of the Taliban has applied for asylum in the United States.
Capt. Niloofar Rahmani told the Wall Street Journal: 'I would love to fly for my country — that is what I always wanted to do. But I'm scared for my life.'
Rahmani, 25, has defied death threats from the Taliban and even members of her own extended family to become the first female fixed-wing Air Force aviator in Afghanistan's history and the first female pilot in the Afghan military since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
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More News On Afghanistan's First Female Pilot Requesting Asylum In The U.S.
Anger in Afghanistan at female pilot's U.S. asylum bid -- Reuters
First Female Pilot in Afghanistan Requests Asylum in U.S. -- WSJ
First female Afghan Air Force pilot has applied for asylum to the United States -- WSJ
First fixed-wing Afghan female pilot requests asylum in US -- Khaama Press
Afghan Response to Female Pilot’s U.S. Asylum Case: ‘I Am Sure She Lied’ -- NYT
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