What is Maria Bashir?
{{Infobox person | name = Maria Bashir | image = Maria_Bashir_-_Afghanistan_-_2011_International_Women_of_Courage_awards.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = At Attorney General's Office, [[Herat]] | birth_name = | birth_date = 1970 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | body_discovered = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = Afghan | citizenship = | other_names = | known_for = First woman prosecutor in Afghanistan | education = Law | alma_mater = [[Kabul University]] | employer = [http://www.ago.gov.af/ Attorney General's Office, Afghanistan] | occupation = Chief Prosecutor General, [[Herat]] Province | years_active = 4 | height = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | opponents = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = Sajad (son) <br>Yasaman (daughter) | parents = | relations = | callsign = | awards = [[International Women of Courage Award]], 2011 | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} [[File:2011 International Women of Courage Awards 2011-03-08.jpg|thumb|2011 International Women of Courage Awards]] '''Maria Bashir''' (b. 1970) is a [[lawyer]] from [[Afghanistan]]. She is the first woman to have the job of [[prosecutor]] in the country.<ref name=Jane/> She has 15 years experience in the Afghan government. During the time of the [[Taliban]], she was not permitted to work. Instea