Bibi Ayesha ( prs, بیبی عایشه) is a
military leader
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and the only known female
warlord
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in
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
. She controls a force of 50-150 men in the
Nahrin district of
Baghlan Province
Baghlan (Dari: ''Baġlān'') is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the north of the country. As of 2020, the province has a population of about 1,014,634.
Its capital is Puli Khumri, but its name comes from the other majo ...
.
Also known as ''Kaftar'' ( prs, قوماندان کفتر, "The
Pigeon
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"), she operated for at least two decades, fighting against
Soviet troops and then the
Taliban
The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state (polity), state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalism, Islamic fundamentalist, m ...
militia as part of
Jamiat-e Islami
Jamayat-E-Islami (also rendered as Jamiat-e-Islami and Jamiati Islami; fa, جمعیت اسلامی افغانستان, lit=Islamic Society), sometimes shortened to Jamiat, is a predominantly Tajik political party in Afghanistan. It was origi ...
.
She dismissed notions that the roles of women in Afghanistan should exclude military roles, saying "It makes no difference if you are a man or a woman when you have the heart of a fighter."
However, she does insist that a ''
mahram
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'' male relative, accompany her into battle.
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On 18 October 2020, Ayesha came under attack by the Taliban, a day after they claimed that she had defected to them.