¿As a young Afghan woman who dreamed of becoming an air force pilot, Niloofar Rahmani confronted far more than technical challenges; she faced the opprobrium of an entire society.¿¿¿Pamela Constable, author of¿Playing with Fire¿and former Kabul and Islamabad bureau chief for the¿Washington Post¿¿The true story of¿Niloofar¿Rahmani¿and her determination to become Afghanistan¿s first female air force pilot¿as seen on¿Anderson Cooper¿and¿ABC News¿In 2010, for the first time since the Soviets, Afghanistan allowed women to join the armed forces, and¿Niloofar¿entered Afghanistan¿s military academy.¿¿Niloofar¿had to break through social barriers to demonstrate confidence, leadership, and decisiveness¿essential qualities for a¿pilot.¿Niloofar¿performed the first solo flight of her class¿ahead of all her male classmates¿and in 2013 became Afghanistan¿s first female fixed-wing air force pilot.¿¿The US State Department honored¿Niloofar¿with the International Women of Courage Award and¿brought¿her
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