Seven Afghan women have been nominated for the N-Peace Awards that are given out by the United Nations Development Program in Asia and the Pacific.

The seven Afghan female nominees are among 41 other contenders from seven Asian nations and will compete for eleven awards in three different categories.

The United States recently started drawing up plans for an abrupt withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan, NBC reported, citing three current and former US defense officials.

The contingency planning is ongoing, and includes the possibility of President Donald Trump ordering all American troops out of Afghanistan within weeks, wrote the NBC in an article, quoting current and former US defense officials as saying.