BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): For the first time in Afghanistan, a female was Sunday elected to head the provincial council in central Bamyan province.
Tabiba Khawary, a former civil society activist, secured five votes from the nine-member body in a ballot held at the provincial Independent Election Commission.
Tabiba, who contested the election as an independent candidate, told Pajhwok Afghan News the time had come to believe in women’s capabilities without being biased toward the gender.