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Khatool Mohammadzai | |
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 Khatool Mohammadzai in 2012 | |
| Born | ca. 1966 Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Allegiance |  Afghanistan |
| Service | _%E2%80%93_Army.svg){kind=small} Afghan Army.svg){kind=small} Afghan National Army |
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| Rank | .svg){kind=small} Colonel General |
| Battles / wars | Soviet-Afghan War Afghan Civil War (1989-1992) Afghan Civil War (1992-1996) War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) |
Khatool Mohammadzai (Pashto: خاتول محمدزی; born c. 1966) is an Afghan brigadier general who served in the Afghan National Army. 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]
- ^ Yousafzai, Sami (November 28, 2011). "Afghanistan: The Trials of Woman Paratrooper Khatool Mohammadzai". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 22 November 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2016.