There are an estimated 2 million widows in Afghanistan because of war that ends up killing their husbands. Women are also widowed because of low life expectancy and early marriage that leave women widowed in their 20s and 30s. When women in Afghanistan who become widows do not come out into public spaces, so a unit of military women has formed in order to help widows start businesses and get jobs. The female military unit has formed because the Afghan widows cannot talk to the male military soldiers. Communities have been suspicions of the motives of the female military units, but there have been some success; for example, a woman named Saragama is being trained to become a police officer that will give her more money than working as a cleaner. The military is hoping that by empowering women that Afghanistan will become a more stable country.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12558998
Ronnie Miller