"BBC News - Afghan female police officers face...

September 10 2013 , Written by Ola Fagbohun Published on #ReadingNow

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Ola Fagbohun (@DiverseTraveler)September 10, 2013

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Afghan female police officers face uphill battle

Under the Taliban, female police officers were banned. Now more than a decade later, the government of Afghanistan is unlikely to meet its own targets to increase the number of women in the force. A hard-hitting report by the UK charity Oxfam says that the target to recruit 5,000 policewomen by the end of next year is looking "increasingly unrealistic" and is "set to fail".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23985982

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