Afghan cyclist’s fears realized as Taliban aims to forbid women from playing sport
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghan cyclist’s fears realized as Taliban aims to forbid women from playing sport

CNN  

CNN — The United Arab Emirates welcomed 41 Afghan evacuees arriving from Tajikistan on Monday, including 25 members of the Afghan girls’ cycling team. I was doing sports in Afghanistan, but nowadays, that is not safe … I was forced to leave my country.” Following nearly two decades of conflict, the Taliban reclaimed Afghanistan’s capital and took over the country’s presidential palace, barely a month after the US began the final withdrawal of military troops from its longest running war. AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images ‘I want to prove that girls are capable’ The Afghan cyclist’s story of athlete evacuation is one of several to emerge from the Taliban’s takeover, following on from the evacuation of the women’s national football team last month. Former Afghanistan women’s assistant coach Haley Carter told CNN how a “ragtag group” managed to coordinate the safe evacuation of 86 Afghan athletes, officials and family members. Ahmadullah Wasiq, deputy head of the Taliban’s cultural commission, told Australia’s SBS News that Afghan women should not play cricket and other sports in which they would be “exposed.” “In cricket, they might face a situation where their face and body will not be covered.

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'Afghanistan needs educated women too': Top cricketers demand reversal of Taliban's ban on women education
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2 weeks, 4 days ago

'Afghanistan needs educated women too': Top cricketers demand reversal of Taliban's ban on women education

Firstpost  

The Taliban administration, earlier this week, banned women from pursuing nursing and midwifery courses. After they were barred from education beyond secondary school as part of restrictions labelled “gender apartheid” by the UN, women flocked to these health institutions, one of the only avenues left open for them A mother holds her child as she rests in her arms, while …

Afghanistan refugee women to feature in exhibition cricket match in Australia
1 month, 1 week ago

Afghanistan refugee women to feature in exhibition cricket match in Australia

The Hindu  

An Afghanistan Women’s XI will play an exhibition T20 match against Cricket Without Borders XI at the Junction Oval, Melbourne on January 30. The match will be facilitated by the Australian cricket community to help fulfill the ambition of the members of the Afghanistan women’s cricket team, who are now resident in Australia. This coincides with the start of the …

Afghanistan Women to play T20 match against Cricket Without Borders XI in January
1 month, 1 week ago

Afghanistan Women to play T20 match against Cricket Without Borders XI in January

India Today  

The Afghanistan women’s cricket team, now living as refugees in Australia, will reunite to play a T20 match against Cricket Without Borders XI in Melbourne on January 30. Earlier in 2023, 17 players from the Afghan women's team, previously contracted to play for Afghanistan, wrote to the International Cricket Council requesting assistance to form a refugee team. ICC Chief Executive …

First Afghan woman to compete internationally after Taliban takeover seeks Olympic gold in Paris
4 months, 2 weeks ago

First Afghan woman to compete internationally after Taliban takeover seeks Olympic gold in Paris

Associated Press  

PARIS — Zakia Khudadadi has spent most of her life breaking through glass ceilings. I want to show strength to all women and girls in Afghanistan.” Khudadadi is competing for the Refugee Paralympic Team, while other athletes are seeking medals under Afghanistan’s flag, such as Olympic sprinter Kimia Yousofi. The International Paralympic Committee originally issued a statement saying the Afghan …

Afghanistan women want ICC to create refugee cricket team after Rashid Khan and Co. script history at T20 World Cup
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Afghanistan women want ICC to create refugee cricket team after Rashid Khan and Co. script history at T20 World Cup

Hindustan Times  

With Rashid Khan's Afghanistan side scripting history at the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, a group of Afghan women’s cricketers have again reached out to the sport’s international governing body to help them reform as a refugee side based in Australia. The Afghanistan men’s team made it to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup for the first time in …

Afghan women cricketers seek ICC help to form refugee team
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Afghan women cricketers seek ICC help to form refugee team

The Independent  

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In Afghanistan’s fairytale, let’s not forget its women in exile
5 months, 3 weeks ago

In Afghanistan’s fairytale, let’s not forget its women in exile

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru: The streets from Kabul to Kandahar and Khost were filled with men in celebration over the past week. The fairytale of the Afghanistan men’s cricket team, which saw them oust Australia from the T20 World Cup, ended with a nine-wicket defeat to South Africa in the semifinal. All of it stands starkly against the backdrop of one half of …

Afghanistan to have gender equal team in Paris 2024 Olympics, no Taliban allowed: IOC
6 months, 1 week ago

Afghanistan to have gender equal team in Paris 2024 Olympics, no Taliban allowed: IOC

The Hindu  

Afghanistan will field a gender equal team at the Paris 2024 Olympics with three women and three men in a largely symbolic move, while no Taliban official will be allowed at the Games, the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday. The Olympic body said fielding a gender-equal team was a message to both Afghanistan, which under Taliban rule has restricted …

Australia pull out of cricket series against Afghanistan over women’s rights concerns
9 months ago

Australia pull out of cricket series against Afghanistan over women’s rights concerns

The Independent  

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Afghanistan calls for ‘respect’ as Australia postpones T20 cricket series
9 months ago

Afghanistan calls for ‘respect’ as Australia postpones T20 cricket series

Al Jazeera  

Cricket Australia says it has postponed the men’s bilateral T20 series as ‘conditions for women and girls in Afghanistan are getting worse’. The Afghanistan Cricket Board has called for “respect” from Cricket Australia following the latter’s postponement of a bilateral men’s T20 series citing “deteriorating human rights for women and girls in the country under Taliban rule”. “Refusing to play …

IOC to decide on Afghanistan’s participation in LA Olympics 2028, says ICC CEO Allardice
1 year, 1 month ago

IOC to decide on Afghanistan’s participation in LA Olympics 2028, says ICC CEO Allardice

The Hindu  

ICC CEO Geoff Allardice has said that the final call on Afghanistan’s participation in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles will be taken by the International Olympic Committee. Our position on cricket and supporting our member in Afghanistan is not dissimilar to those of other international sporting organisations.” While cricket has been included in the Olympics for the first …

Sport Weekly: Afghanistan light up the Cricket World Cup
1 year, 1 month ago

Sport Weekly: Afghanistan light up the Cricket World Cup

Al Jazeera  

Al Jazeera talks to Afghanistan’s captain, coach, and ex bowling coach about an incredible World Cup campaign. In an exclusive interview this week, captain Hashmatullah Shahidi told Al Jazeera about how Afghanistan have found the self-belief to humble some of the world’s biggest sides, and took issue with the use of the word “upset” being used for their victories. Meanwhile, …

Women’s rights row hangs over Australia-Afghanistan Cricket World Cup match
1 year, 1 month ago

Women’s rights row hangs over Australia-Afghanistan Cricket World Cup match

Al Jazeera  

Afghanistan eye a semifinal place in a rare match against Australia, who have cancelled several bilateral fixtures over the Taliban’s policies on women. Why can’t we beat Australia who have won it the most times?” But there is an underlying political conundrum surrounding Afghanistan’s match against Australia, whose governing body has cancelled bilateral fixtures between the men’s side twice in …

Afghanistan’s female cricketers plead with the ICC: ‘Help us play again’
1 year, 3 months ago

Afghanistan’s female cricketers plead with the ICC: ‘Help us play again’

The Hindu  

Just over two years ago, Firooza Amiri was an 18-year-old batter for the Afghanistan women’s cricket team, ready to take on the world if given the chance. Similarly, the authority to field men’s and women’s national teams lies solely with the member board in any country, not with the ICC.” Amiri said the Afghan women’s team took heart from Australia’s …

Afghanistan’s female cricketers plead with sport’s world governing body: help us play again
1 year, 3 months ago

Afghanistan’s female cricketers plead with sport’s world governing body: help us play again

Associated Press  

BRISBANE, Australia — Just over two years ago, Firooza Amiri was an 18-year-old batter for the Afghanistan women’s cricket team, ready to take on the world if given the chance. Similarly, the authority to field men’s and women’s national teams lies solely with the member board in any country, not with the ICC.” Amiri said the Afghan women’s team took …

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023: Afghan players watch Morocco’s team practice, hoping to get their chance
1 year, 5 months ago

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023: Afghan players watch Morocco’s team practice, hoping to get their chance

The Hindu  

Over the next month, 32 national football teams will compete across Australia and New Zealand in the Women’s World Cup. “This is a huge chance for the Moroccan team to show the world that Muslim women in every single country can participate,” Afghanistan’s Farida Mohammadi said. “We’re living in a modern era, and we don’t have to follow the old-school …

Citing Taliban, Australia nixes Afghanistan cricket series
1 year, 11 months ago

Citing Taliban, Australia nixes Afghanistan cricket series

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — Afghanistan cricket officials blasted Australia’s decision on Thursday to cancel their men’s one-day international cricket series. Cricket Australia cited recent heavier restrictions on women’s rights in Afghanistan by the Taliban government for axing the three ODIs in March in the United Arab Emirates. The Afghanistan Cricket Board said it was “extremely disappointed and saddened by the pathetic …

Australia cancel Afghanistan tour due to Taliban restrictions on women’s rights
1 year, 11 months ago

Australia cancel Afghanistan tour due to Taliban restrictions on women’s rights

The Independent  

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Afghan women athletes barred from play, fear Taliban threats
1 year, 11 months ago

Afghan women athletes barred from play, fear Taliban threats

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Noura’s determination to play sports was so great that she defied her family’s opposition for years. “Since the Taliban came, I feel like I’m dead.” A number of girls and women who once played a variety of sports told The Associated Press they have been intimidated by the Taliban with visits and phone calls warning them not …

Australia cancels Afghanistan cricket series over curbs on women
1 year, 11 months ago

Australia cancels Afghanistan cricket series over curbs on women

Al Jazeera  

Australia pulls out of upcoming one-day series in the UAE citing ruling Taliban’s moves to further restrict women’s rights. Australia’s men’s team has withdrawn from their One-Day International series against Afghanistan in March following further restrictions on women’s and girls’ rights imposed by the Taliban, Cricket Australia said. “This decision follows the recent announcement by the Taliban of further restrictions …

Afghan women athletes barred from play, fear Taliban threats
1 year, 11 months ago

Afghan women athletes barred from play, fear Taliban threats

The Hindu  

Noura’s determination to play sports was so great that she defied her family’s opposition for years. “Since the Taliban came, I feel like I’m dead.” A number of girls and women who once played a variety of sports told The Associated Press they have been intimidated by the Taliban with visits and phone calls warning them not to engage in …

Afghan women athletes barred from playing sports, fear Taliban threats
1 year, 11 months ago

Afghan women athletes barred from playing sports, fear Taliban threats

India Today  

Noura’s determination to play sports was so great that she defied her family’s opposition for years. “Since the Taliban came, I feel like I’m dead.” A number of girls and women who once played a variety of sports told The Associated Press they have been intimidated by the Taliban with visits and phone calls warning them not to engage in …

IOC warns Afghanistan over women's sports and Olympics
2 years ago

IOC warns Afghanistan over women's sports and Olympics

The Hindu  

The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday warned that it could stop working with Afghanistan ahead of the next Olympics in 2024 if women are not allowed to play sports under Taliban rule. The IOC said its support for Afghanistan's National Olympic Committee will depend on conditions including women being allowed to play sports with “safe and inclusive access” and to …

Afghan Olympians resettle in Australia to start afresh
2 years, 4 months ago

Afghan Olympians resettle in Australia to start afresh

The Hindu  

Olympic sprinter Kimia Yousofi has arrived in Australia to start afresh just over a year after carrying the Afghan flag into the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games, competing in the 100-meters, and then having to watch from afar as the Taliban regained control of her country. The Australian Olympic Committee on Wednesday said Yousofi and Asian Games taekwondo medalist …

Afghan Olympians resettle in Australia to start afresh
2 years, 4 months ago

Afghan Olympians resettle in Australia to start afresh

Associated Press  

SYDNEY — Olympic sprinter Kimia Yousofi has arrived in Australia to start afresh just over a year after carrying the Afghan flag into the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games, competing in the 100-meters, and then having to watch from afar as the Taliban regained control of her country. The Australian Olympic Committee on Wednesday said Yousofi and Asian Games …

Afghan Women Footballers Train in Australia After Fleeing Taliban Rule
2 years, 7 months ago

Afghan Women Footballers Train in Australia After Fleeing Taliban Rule

News 18  

Eight months after fleeing Kabul as the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan, Farida trains at a suburban Melbourne pitch, dreaming of one day playing soccer for her country while lamenting the fate of fellow women players back home. “But in Afghanistan, after the Taliban took control, everything has been turned upside down.” Girls and women’s sport has been crushed …

Afghan women footballers: Safe and alive, but ‘traumatized,’ their future in the UK is still very uncertain
3 years ago

Afghan women footballers: Safe and alive, but ‘traumatized,’ their future in the UK is still very uncertain

CNN  

London CNN — They are safe and alive, and have the prospect of new lives in the United Kingdom, but for 130 Afghan female football players and their families it’s an existence still full of uncertainty. “These girls have no refugee status,” Popal, who lives in Denmark after she was forced to flee her home country in 2011 in fear …

Afghanistan Cricket Board Hints at Inclusion of Women's Cricket
3 years, 1 month ago

Afghanistan Cricket Board Hints at Inclusion of Women's Cricket

The Quint  

The picture could also be an indication for the International Cricket Council's working group who are set to review the cricket activities in Afghanistan after the recent governmental changes in the country. The group includes Cricket Ireland Chairman Ross McCollum, Cricket South Africa Chair Lawson Naidoo and Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ramiz Raja and will report back to the Board …

Ban? No ban? Afghan cricket chief offers hope to women athletes
3 years, 2 months ago

Ban? No ban? Afghan cricket chief offers hope to women athletes

Al Jazeera  

Al Jazeera speaks to Afghanistan’s cricket chief on the future of female athletes in the country after the Taliban takeover. Al Jazeera spoke to the Afghanistan Cricket Board’s recently appointed Chairman Azizullah Fazli on the security situation, preparations for the World Cup and the future of women’s cricket in the country. Al Jazeera: There have been a lot of concerns …

ICC adopts wait-and-watch approach on Afghanistan
3 years, 2 months ago

ICC adopts wait-and-watch approach on Afghanistan

The Hindu  

The governing International Cricket Council has taken a wait-and-watch approach on Afghanistan but will discuss the game’s fate in the country in a board meeting next month, ICC acting chief executive Geoff Allardice said on Sunday. “Our primary function is to support the development of cricket in that country through the member board,” Allardice told a virtual news conference ahead …

With Taliban in Power, What Does the Future Hold for Afghanistan Cricket?
3 years, 3 months ago

With Taliban in Power, What Does the Future Hold for Afghanistan Cricket?

The Quint  

The Taliban view is very clear and as soon as they took control of the country, female athletes based outside the country, with help from various agencies, managed to evacuate a lot of those stuck. In what was a surprise statement, the new chairman of ACB, Fazli, has reportedly told SBS Radio Pashto that "we will give you our clear …

Don't boycott men's cricket, former Afghan women's chief pleads
3 years, 3 months ago

Don't boycott men's cricket, former Afghan women's chief pleads

The Hindu  

International cricketers should support Afghanistan's men's team, not punish them by boycotting matches if the Taliban bars women from playing, the former director of the women's side said. "If we don't have a male team anymore, there would be no hope for cricket overall," said the 28-year-old, who was the director of women's cricket at the Afghanistan Cricket Board from …

Taliban will allow hundreds of sports – provided you're a man
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban will allow hundreds of sports – provided you're a man

Firstpost  

Last week, the deputy head of the Taliban’s cultural commission, Ahmadullah Wasiq, said that it was “not necessary” for women to play sport. Kabul: From swimming to soccer, running to horse riding, Afghanistan’s new sports chief said Tuesday that the Taliban will allow 400 sports – but declined to confirm if women can play a single one. “Please don’t ask …

Afghanistan Cricket Board chairman indicates women could still play
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghanistan Cricket Board chairman indicates women could still play

The Hindu  

Women could still be allowed to play cricket, the chairman of Afghanistan's Cricket Board has claimed to an Australian broadcaster in an apparent backflip on the Taliban's hardline stance. READ: Afghanistan Cricket Board CEO to Cricket Australia - do not isolate us Australian Test captain Tim Paine turned up the heat on Friday, saying he believed teams could pull out …

‘Do not isolate us’: ACB CEO requests Cricket Australia to reconsider decision to cancel Afghanistan Test
3 years, 3 months ago

‘Do not isolate us’: ACB CEO requests Cricket Australia to reconsider decision to cancel Afghanistan Test

Firstpost  

Cricket Australia on Thursday said that its men’s team’s season-opening Test against Afghanistan, slated to start on 27 November in Hobart, will be scrapped due if Taliban doesn’t allow women in sports. Kabul: Afghanistan Cricket Board CEO Hamid Shinwari on Friday asked Cricket Australia to reconsider its decision not to host its men’s team for a Test in November after …

Cricket Australia to cancel Afghanistan Test if Taliban bans women's cricket
3 years, 3 months ago

Cricket Australia to cancel Afghanistan Test if Taliban bans women's cricket

India TV News  

The first-ever Test match between the men's teams of Australia and Afghanistan looks set to be called off after Afghanistan's newly-installed Taliban government announced its opposition to women from the Islamic nation playing cricket. "If recent media reports that women's cricket will not be supported in Afghanistan are substantiated, Cricket Australia would have no alternative but to not host Afghanistan …

Taliban has banned women's sports in Afghanistan: Report
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban has banned women's sports in Afghanistan: Report

India TV News  

Australia's SBS TV has quoted a Taliban spokesperson as saying that women's sports — and women's cricket specifically — will be banned by his group in Afghanistan. Islam does not allow women to be seen like this," the network quoted Ahmadullah Wasiq, the deputy head of the Taliban's cultural commission, as saying. Players from Afghanistan's women's soccer team are among …

Afghanistan women to be banned from playing sports, says Taliban
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghanistan women to be banned from playing sports, says Taliban

Firstpost  

The Taliban had promised an inclusive government and a more moderate form of Islamic rule than when they last ruled the country from 1996 to 2001. Australia’s SBS TV has quoted a Taliban spokesperson as saying that women’s sports — and women’s cricket specifically — will be banned by his group in Afghanistan. Islam and the Islamic Emirate do not …

Australia will cancel Afghanistan test if Taliban bans women's cricket
3 years, 3 months ago

Australia will cancel Afghanistan test if Taliban bans women's cricket

The Hindu  

Australia's cricket board said on Thursday that it will scrap a planned test match against the Afghanistan men's team if the Asian country's Taliban rulers do not allow women to play the sport. Australian broadcaster SBS quoted a Taliban representative as saying he did not think women would be allowed to play cricket because it was "not necessary" and it …

Taliban bans women's sport in Afghanistan
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban bans women's sport in Afghanistan

The Hindu  

Australia's SBS TV has quoted a Taliban spokesperson as saying that women's sports — and women's cricket specifically — will be banned by his group in Afghanistan. Islam and the Islamic Emirate do not allow women to play cricket or play the kind of sports where they get exposed.” READ: Wasiq last month told SBS that the Taliban would allow …

ICC concerned about future of women’s cricket in Afghanistan
3 years, 3 months ago

ICC concerned about future of women’s cricket in Afghanistan

The Independent  

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Afghanistan board waits to hear from Taliban on fate of women's game
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghanistan board waits to hear from Taliban on fate of women's game

The Hindu  

Afghanistan cricket chiefs are still awaiting instructions from the country's new Taliban government on the future of the women's game and are not anticipating a decision any time soon, a top cricket official told Reuters. "So far, we don't have any news from the government," Afghanistan Cricket Board chief executive Hamid Shinwari said over a telephone interview. Cricket's popularity has …

Gender equality key to Australia-Afghanistan historic Test going ahead: CA's Nick Hockley
3 years, 3 months ago

Gender equality key to Australia-Afghanistan historic Test going ahead: CA's Nick Hockley

India TV News  

Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley has said that "gender equality" and the new Afghanistan regime's stand on women cricketers hold the answers to the whether the historic men's Test between the two countries will take place as planned in November or not. "What is absolutely unequivocal is our stance on cricket as a sport for all, driving gender equality," …

Afghanistan girls football team 'devastated and hopeless' after Kabul bombing derails exit
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghanistan girls football team 'devastated and hopeless' after Kabul bombing derails exit

Firstpost  

An international effort to evacuate members of the Afghanistan national girls football team, along with dozens of family members and football federation staff, suffered a crushing setback last week after a suicide bombing at the Kabul airport killed 169 Afghans and 13 US service members during a harrowing airlift. But the girls, ages 14-16, and their families also could be …

Afghanistan Female Cricketer Dejected by Lack of Support from ICC
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghanistan Female Cricketer Dejected by Lack of Support from ICC

The Quint  

"In the last year, it was not so difficult for us. Before that it was difficult, people would not accept us, the ACB said that we must not go out with the cricket equipment. Samim and her two sisters fled Afghanistan two days before Taliban took over the country. "Leaving Afghanistan, it was a sad day for me. I really …

Afghanistan female cricketer claims ICC ignored their cry for help
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghanistan female cricketer claims ICC ignored their cry for help

India TV News  

Roya Samim, a female cricketer from Afghanistan, has expressed dejection over lack of support for women cricketers in Afghanistan from the International Cricket Council. The Afghan Cricket Board also said nothing, they said just: 'Wait'," Samim was quoted as saying by The Guardian on Wednesday. The dismantling of the fledgling women's team could, in theory, threaten Afghanistan's full ICC membership," …

Cricket in Afghanistan — a source of inspiration and a platform to dream
3 years, 3 months ago

Cricket in Afghanistan — a source of inspiration and a platform to dream

The Hindu  

From being an associate member to becoming one of the Test-playing nations — cricket, surely, has come a long way in war-torn Afghanistan. The senior journalist believes that Afghanistan’s full membership with the ICC is also conditional on the promotion of cricket for women in the country, and if the Islamic Emirates imposes a ban on women’s cricket and continues …

Women in Afghanistan fought to play sport, and now they fear it's being ripped away from them
3 years, 4 months ago

Women in Afghanistan fought to play sport, and now they fear it's being ripped away from them

ABC  

Ten years ago, Afghanistan's Paralympic Committee president had eleven bullets fired into his upper body, neck and face by the Taliban. "Our first-ever Afghanistan National Women's Team – our foundation, the purpose of the team — was to be the voice of voiceless women of Afghanistan, the women who are under the dark regime of the Taliban still," she said. …

Afghan karate champion fears Taliban takeover means game over for female athletes
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghan karate champion fears Taliban takeover means game over for female athletes

The Independent  

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