She wanted to be a pilot as a child, but has now been recognised as a leading campaigner for the rights of Afghan women.
"It is difficult for a woman to be a pilot in Afghanistan. My father said it does not fit in with this country's culture," Dr Anarkali Kaur Honaryar tells me, sitting in her office at the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission.
In some ways the high flyer has taken on a challenge much tougher than piloting planes.
She fights for women's rights in a society that remains staunchly patriarchal, and where many of her gender still breathe beneath their veils.
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On behalf of Sikh Blog,want to convey ,Heartiest Congratulations to Dr.Anarkali Kaur who fights for a Women's cause that,too,in a male dominated country like Afganistan,where majority of her counterparts,sadly, still willingly or unwillingly breathe under their veil!
May Almighty fulfill her wish to visit Golden Temple in Amritsar & Taj Mahal in Agra as earliest as possible!!
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