The Afghanistan cricketers have seemed to find their voices finally to stand up to the issues that continue to plague Afghanistan. Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi seemed to have woken up from hibernation. After staying silent for months now for women’s rights being curtailed by the Taliban regime, the two cricketers have broken their silence over the matter. Nabi and Khan voiced their frustration after the Taliban banned medical education for women in their country.
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This was the only advanced stream remaining for women to allow to study and when that too was brought to a halt Rashid Khan could not stay quiet—followed by an equally stern reaction from his teammate in Afghanistan and former captain Mohammad Nabi. Ever since the Taliban took over after the withdrawal of the US forces from Afghanistan, it’s been a drastic one after the other this regime has kept introducing. The Afghan women have been banned from all forms of public life. They’ve been restricted from going to the gym and even indulging in something as basic as speaking in public. The world has reacted to all these calamities. This too, people have backlashed across all social media on the internet. Taliban’s approach has met with criticism in the past too but no Afghan dared to question them until now. Rashid and Nabi finally breaching the the silence is a massive step because they are the same athletes who were silent when the Taliban banned women’s cricket and even when women were barred from participation from any sporting discipline.
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The country also faced backlash and consequences for this. Australia Cricket has suspended two of their bilateral ODI and series with Afghanistan. Australia Cricket has announced a match which is to be scheduled for next year in which Afghanistan’s Women 11 comprising of Afghan women residing in Australia will take on cricket without Borders 11.
