While Googling "Bibi" Ayesha , I found this...

[Marengo]

Afghanistan's feared woman warlord
By Tom Coghlan
In the Darisujan Valley, Baghlan province

Amid the brooding mountains on the borders of Baghlan province, Afghanistan's only female warlord clings to her remote fiefdom.
But the years are catching up with Kaftar, "The Pigeon", as Bibi Ayesha is known, and the Afghan government and its international backers want her to hand in her guns.

"My eyes have become misty," says Kaftar, complaining that she can no longer shoot straight.

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She has fought the Taleban, the Russians and many a local rival in the mountains of Narin district, which is dotted with the wrecks of old Soviet and Taleban tanks.

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"The bandits are afraid of her and her sons, not the other way round," said Qari Alam.

I can only imagine how much the Taleban hates her. Although Kaftar does have a reputation for cruelty as stated in the article, I can't help but to be impressed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4806516.stm