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Afghan brigadier general (born 1966)

Khatool Mohammadzai (Pashto: خاتول محمدزی; born c.

1966) is an Afghan brigadier general who served in the Afghan National Army.

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She was first commissioned in the military of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan during the 1980s, trained as one of the few female paratroopers; she has since logged over 600 jumps in her career. She continued to serve in the Afghan military as an instructor until the Taliban took power in 1996. Reinstated to the military created after the United States invasion in 2001, she became the first woman in Afghan history to reach general officer rank.^[1]

Career

Mohammadzai was born in Kabul, Afghanistan around 1966.

She joined the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of