Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Afghanistan’s only female lieutenant general, Suhaila Siddiq dies

Suhaila Siddiq Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s only female lieutenant general and a famous surgeon, Suhaila Siddiq, passed away at the age of 72. Suhaila Siddiq served 36 years in Kabul’s Daoud Khan Military Hospital as a surgeon. She was one of a small number of women to hold a ministerial post in the country. The surgeon had Alzheimer’s disease for … Read more