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Flying around globe: Afghan woman creates history

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KABUL (Pajhwok): An enterprising Afghan refugee has created history by emerging the youngest woman to fly around the globe in a single-engine plane, a media report said on Thursday.

Concluding a 138-stop flight, including Dubai, Shaesta Waiz landed her Beechcraft Bonanza A36 aircraft in Florida on Wednesday night, a UAE-based newspaper reported.

In a tweet after her record flight, the 30-year-old thanked the plane that made her dreams soar around the globe, according to The National.

She was the . . .

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