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Malalai Grad.png – The graduating class of women from the Female Training Brigade (FTB) stand on parade alongside their male counterparts for the first time since the unit’s inception on the parade square of the Kabul Military Training Center, Afghanistan, June 13.

Image by MCpl France Morin, Canadian Forces
© 2012 DND-MND Canada

First Ever Coed ANA Graduation

2012/06/29 • Comments

“I can hardly think of a more worthwhile assignment than playing a role in the development of this group,” said Capt. Susanna Wallis of the British Army and the senior coalition advisor at Malalai.

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Category: Gender, News - Afghan National Army, News - General

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Candidates of the Female Training Battalion (also known as Malalai) conduct their final Performance Objective check for 9mm pistols from 1 to 4 April 2012.

2012/05/04 • Comments

“The women were really competitive with each other and were upset if they did not fire as well as some of the others. One candidate, after receiving advice about correcting her point of aim, did really well. She was beaming with pride after that.”

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Category: Gender, News - Afghan National Army, News - General

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Malalai Honored

Malalai Honored

2011/05/19 • Comments

Malalai … For our Afghan partners, the name Malalai is a hallowed name of a woman, a wife, a daughter who assumed a position on the battlefield in 1880 just as the Afghans were faltering against their British foe … she seized the battle flag and led an Afghan unit. A British bullet pierced her [...]

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Category: Blog - Leadership, Blogs - Blogs

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