Afghan women athletes barred from play, fear Taliban threats

Afghan athletes under threat from the Taliban

Secretly but afraid of being discovered, this is how women play sports in Afghanistan.

Afghan women athletes barred from sports, fear Taliban threats

Taliban have not just banned sports for girls, they have intimidated those who play.

Afghan women athletes barred from play, fear Taliban threats

South Asia News: A number of girls and women who once played a variety of sports told AP they have been intimidated by the Taliban with visits and phone calls warning

Afghan professional athletes under the Taliban yoke

Photojournalist Ebrahim Noroozi, from the Associated Press agency, has portrayed women wearing burkas in Kabul who claim their right to practice professional practice that are banned today in their country

'The world had become dark for me': Afghan women athletes barred from the sports they love

Beatings from her mother and jeers from her neighbours never stopped Noura from practising the sports she loved. Then the Taliban came.

Taliban Threatens Afghanistan’s Former Female Athletes Amid Sports Ban

‘Since the Taliban came, I feel like I’m dead.’