Reinstated to the military created after the United States invasion in 2001, she became the first woman in Afghan history to reach general officer rank.

Succeeding at the strenuous training for the Afghan Commando Forces, including completing a 150 kilometres (93 mi) march from Kabul to Jalalabad, across the mountains in two days, she made her first jump in 1984.

[1] After earning her wings, she studied at the Kabul University legal faculty, graduating with a bachelor's degree, so she could be commissioned as an officer.

[1] Following the fall of the Taliban in 2001, she joined Afghanistan's newly formed military, and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general by President Hamid Karzai.

[3] However, as a result of what some observers, such as Amnesty International, say is institutionalized gender discrimination in Afghanistan's leadership, she has not been allowed to jump since 2006, instead serving at Ministry of Defense headquarters, starting in a position not befitting a general officer.