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Jawzjan’s lone woman driver determined to break the taboo

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SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Of the 60 women currently attending a driving course in northern Jawzjan province, only one is practically behind the wheel. And she is determined to challenge the menace of female drivers’ harassment.

Khajesta Qayyum, who views driving as an important need for women, told Pajhwok Afghan News in an exclusive interview that she had to employ a driver in the past to take her from one place to another.

Straying into the predominantly male preserve, she has been driving for the past one year -- convinced . . .

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