It’s been nearly a year since the Taliban took back control of Afghanistan. Ali Baba Faizal ran an NGO that mentored young sportswomen. That made him a target of the new regime.
As a member of Afghanistan’s National Women’s Volleyball team, Bahara* hoped to compete at the highest levels.Advertisement
Under the new regime, women’s participation in sport has effectively been banned. Less than a month after taking power,that playing sport exposes women’s faces and bodies, and goes against Islamic values. Ali Baba Faizal ran an NGO that mentored and trained young sportswomen – and this made him a target. When he posted photos promoting a mixedIt was then that he made the difficult decision to flee Afghanistan with his family. They tried multiple routes, multiple borders and eventually paid smugglers to take them to Pakistan via a perilous desert crossing.
“They said they will kill all the males and send their women back... I thought we might never see each other again.” The family were only freed after agreeing to pay more money.Ali Baba has now resettled in Australia, but he’s left behind friends and family and the progressive Afghanistan he was helping to build.
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