Sulhaila Kohistani (left), U.S. Army Maj. Bobbie Mayes,

Sulhaila Kohistani (left), U.S. Army Maj. Bobbie Mayes, woman’s empowerment coordinator with the Kentucky Agribusiness Development Team, from Lawrenceburg, Ky., and Saleha Zareen, stand in front of the women's stores at the Bagram Air Field Bazaar here, Dec. 12. Zareen and Kohistani were the first two Afghan women merchants to be contracted by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service in Afghanistan when they joined the bazaar.