Being a female tech entrepreneur isn't easy no matter where you are. But you've got to want it bad to build a software startup in Afghanistan.
Roya Mahboob, who launched Afghan Citadel Software in Herat five years ago, wanted it more than most. She built a technology-consulting company to 50 employees, most of them female programmers like herself, and launched a foundation to help girls to code in a war zone and a place where women have few rights.
