Malalai Bahaduri

Malalai Bahaduri is a Senior Instructor in the Afghan National Interdiction Unit (NIU), with the military rank of Second Lieutenant. In 2013, Bahaduri received an International Women of Courage Award.
Work.
Bahaduri worked as a telecommunications operator. In 2002, the Taliban rule of Afghanistan ended, and Bahaduri decided to join law enforcement. Her uncle did not want her to do this. He threatened Bahaduri with death, and he physically abused her. 
Bahaduri is the first woman in the Afghan National Interdiction Unit. She worked in counternarcotics operations in all 34 provinces of Afghanistan.