Malalai Bahaduri is a Second Lieutenant and senior instructor in the Afghan National Interdiction Unit (NIU). [1] She worked as a telecommunications operator, but decided to join law enforcement in 2002, after Taliban rule of Afghanistan ended. [2] Bahaduri was threatened with death and physically abused by an uncle who objected to her doing so. [2]
Bahaduri is the first female member of the Afghan NIU. [3] She has participated in counternarcotics operations in all 34 provinces of Afghanistan. [3] [4]
Bahaduri received the 2013 International Women of Courage award. [1]
