Women doing well in combat role, says lady officer who led marching contingent in R-Day parade

New Delhi: Major Khushboo Kanwar, who made history on Saturday by leading an all-women contingent of the Assam Rifles in the Republic Day parade, said women are actively involved in combat role and performing well.
Major Kanwar, who is the daughter of a bus conductor, said more women should join the defence forces without any hesitation.
“I would like to say that women in Assam Rifles were inducted into the force three years back and since then there is no looking back. Women are already into the combat roles,” she told ANI.
She said women are being deployed in the counter-insurgency areas.
“They (women) are actively involved in operations in counter-insurgency areas, be it Manipur or Nagaland. They have been deployed at Indo-Myanmar border at all the crossing points. They are being deployed for joint patrol or for collections,” the lady officer elaborated.
“So it will be wrong to say that women still need to be inducted into the combat roles. They are already into combat roles in Assam Rifles,” she added.