Women Olympian urged England to boycott Champions Trophy: Players’ suffering under Taliban rule.

Jaipur. Since the Taliban returns to power in Afghanistan, women players are constantly facing problems. On the one hand, male players are constantly getting a boost in Afghanistan, but due to lack of support from the government, there has been no change in the situation of women players. A female Olympian from Afghanistan has revealed that Afghan women cricketers and other women athletes are treated by the Taliban regime as if they do not exist.

Athlete Freba Razai, who represented Afghanistan at Judo at the 2004 Athens Olympics, opposed the Taliban rule, urging the England Cricket Board (ECB) to withdraw from the match against Afghanistan in 2025, starting the Champions Trophy starting in Pakistan this month. Is. The match between Afghanistan and England in the Champions Trophy will be played on 26 February at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Afghan Olympian said that England should boycott this match.

Freeba, the founder of ‘Women’s Leaders of Tumaro’, who fought a fight for women’s rights in Afghanistan, said that the Taliban is constantly attacked in the country over women’s rights. In a letter to ECB, Freba said that your support is needed to protect women players in Afghanistan to participate in sports. He said that I urge England to boycott Afghanistan’s national cricket team with immediate effect. She said that due to fear of Taliban rule, most women cricketers and women players involved in other sports are leading a life of exile for fear of getting caught.

Significantly, since the Taliban rule returned to power in Afghanistan, the days of women players started. Eliminating women’s cricket in Afghanistan is also a violation of ICC rules. However, Afghanistan’s men’s team has been allowed to join three global tournaments in the last 18 months.

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