Afghan military: Female soldiers join elite special forces

10 December 2012 Last updated at 21:17 ET Help

A group of female soldiers has been trained to join the Afghan military's elite special forces.

It comes as Nato prepares to hand over its security role, ahead of the departure of foreign combat troops in 2014.

The BBC's Marzieh Mashkoori reports.

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