HANGZHOU, China : The Afghanistan women's volleyball team has lamented training conditions at the Asian Games and are concerned they will not be ready for an event where they are participating in defiance of the country's Taliban rulers.Khushal Malakzai, who runs the nation's volleyball programme, said th
HANGZHOU, China : The Afghanistan women's volleyball team has lamented training conditions at the Asian Games and are concerned they will not be ready for an event where they are participating in defiance of the country's Taliban rulers.
Teams at major multi-sport events are usually able to train in regulation facilities multiple times before their event, and often practise daily. Women's sport in Afghanistan has been crushed since the Taliban took over from a Western-backed government in August 2021, causing many female athletes to flee the country for fear of persecution.
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