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Irene Hierrezuelo outside her home in Havana. She is counting the days to be reunited with her daughter, Sulay Falconet, who moved to Houston in 2012. Credit Lisette Poole for The New York Times


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Capt. Niloofar Rahmani, the first female fixed-wing pilot in the Afghan Air Force, is seeking asylum in the United States. Credit Andrea Morales for The New York Times


A Female Afghan Pilot Soars and Gives Up

A Female Afghan Pilot Soars and Gives Up

Perhaps no Afghan’s story better embodied America’s aspirations for Afghanistan than that of Capt. Niloofar Rahmani, the first female fixed-wing pilot in the fledgling Afghan Air Force. She was celebrated in Washington in 2015 when the State Department honored her...