Today is a big day!
di Marjana Sadat , di Marjana SadatA large number of female athletes has left Kabul. Recently, a number of female soccer players have been able to leave the country. Now, about two months after the Taliban's takeover, more female athletes have left Afghanistan by plane. A flight departedf from Kabul for Qatar carrying 365 female soccer, basketball, and other sports players.
A female basketball player from Herat province, Tahira Yusufi said: "Today is a beautiful day for all of us, because after many weeks we will be able to resume training, we are so lucky." The athlete, who plans to travel to Canada, added: "Unfortunately, the Taliban's government prohibited us from working and playing sports, we have to leave the country." During their first gover…
A large number of female athletes has left Kabul. Recently, a number of female soccer players have been able to leave the country. Now, about two months after the Taliban's takeover, more female athletes have left Afghanistan by plane. A flight departedf from Kabul for Qatar carrying 365 female soccer, basketball, and other sports players.
A female basketball player from Herat province, Tahira Yusufi said: "Today is a beautiful day for all of us, because after many weeks we will be able to resume training, we are so lucky." The athlete, who plans to travel to Canada, added: "Unfortunately, the Taliban's government prohibited us from working and playing sports, we have to leave the country." During their first government in Afghanistan between 1996 - 2001, the Taliban banned women from participating in any kind of sport.
Now, after their return to power, the Taliban have imposed severe restrictions on women, especially in sports. Many Afghans, female soccer players and other athletes among them, have fled the country because they fear the Taliban might take revenge or torture them. The evacuation process finished on August 31, and now there are two weekly flights to Qatar evacuating foreign citizens and Afghans.