Many comments have been made on the subject of whether England should play cricket against Afghanistan while their women are barred from playing at all. Yet few outsiders are as qualified to speak as ...

For Afghanistan's women cricketers, their first competitive match since escaping oppression in their home country represents ...

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 27: Nahida Sapan and Firoza Amiri of the Afghanistan XI speak to media during a media opportunity with the Afghanistan XI ahead of the Afghanistan XI v Cricket Without ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Afghan women cricketers will finally get high-level support in a bid to rejoin international competition after the sport’s world governing body created a taskforce to coordinate ...

The recent earthquake in Afghanistan has laid bare the country’s worsening women’s health crisis and demonstrated how restrictive Taliban laws and collapsed infrastructure left women without access to ...

FIFA has sanctioned the establishment of an Afghanistan women’s refugee team which will be able to participate in matches overseen by world football’s governing body. Such a move would see the ...

Every two hours. That's how often a woman dies during childbirth in Afghanistan. The staggering maternal mortality rate is one of the highest in the world. And under the repressive rule of the Taliban ...

AWNT players seek athlete solidarity against Taliban sports ban Team captain stresses global unity for gender equality in sports UN official backs call for FIFA action on gender oppression March 26 ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — They wandered through the museum, listening attentively as their guide explained the antiquities in display cabinets. It could have been any tour group, anywhere in the world ...

The dominant narrative on women in Afghanistan, one that appears fairly regularly in international media, is a story of restrictions, denial, and loss of rights. Under the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate, ...

“My team-mates are my sisters. Our dream is to play together again, standing side by side.” In June 2021, Fatima Foladi was a rising football star in Afghanistan when she scored against Tajikistan in ...