Breaking Afghanistan’s cricket governing body says it still plans to allow women to play the sport, in an apparent backtrack to the new Taliban government’s stance forbidding women to play sports.
Afghanistan’s cricket governing body says it still plans to allow women to play the sport, in an apparent backtrack to the new Taliban government’s stance forbidding women to play sports.
Mr Wasiq said he didn’t envision women being allowed to play cricket because sport was “not necessary”. The comments made global headlines and promoted a stern rebuke from the Australian government, which branded them “unacceptable”.The International Cricket Council said it was concerned by the apparent ban and would discuss the issue at its next board meeting.
“The women cricket coach Diana Barakzai and her players are all safe and living in their home country,” Mr Fazli said. “If the CA decides to cancel the test match and isolate the Afghan men’s national team, it will have no impact upon those cultural and religious values as they stand,” Mr Shinwari said.
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