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Rahmani trip into pilot traversed hard enough. He never received a phone call and letter threats from the Taliban to cease to be a pilot.

A woman becomes a pilot might have become commonplace in some countries in the world. But it would be great if it happens in a country like Afghanistan.

While still controlled by the Taliban, Afghanistan is a country that severely restricts women's movement. They are prohibited from going to school, let alone do men's work, such as becoming a military pilot.

But since the Taliban were toppled in 2001, a woman named Niloofar Rahmani prove he was able to become a military pilot Air Force Afghanistan.

Women's 23-year dream to fly a plane as a child.

"Ever since I was little, when I saw a bird in the sky, I want to fly a plane," he was quoted Dream on Emirates 24/7, Sunday, May 3rd, 2015.

"Many Afghan girls who have dreams but stumble many problems and threats that hinder."

Rahmani, who was born and raised in Kabul, the register in AU Afghanistan in 2010 and kept it a secret from the family.

Two years after studying, Rahmani became the first female aviator in the history of Afghanistan. He also became the first female military pilot since ousted Taliban regime.

Through the hard struggle, he was awarded the International Women of Courage Award from the United States Secretary of State last week.

He also earned the nickname 'Top Gun of Afghanistan' in social media. The nickname is taken from the movie Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise in 1986 which tells of the greatness of the US Navy pilots.

Rahmani trip into pilot traversed hard enough. He never received a phone call and letter threats from the Taliban to cease to be a pilot.

Threats deteriorated until in 2013 he was forced to leave the country for two months.

"They threatened to hurt me and my family. But the only option I was to be strong and ignore them," he said.

Rahmani was one of three Afghan women who have been trained to be a pilot since 2001. Unfortunately one of them has come out of the AU Afghanistan.

When asked how long the Afghanistan Air Force pilots will have a number of men and women are equal.


"Not in the near future. Maybe 20 or 30 years away".