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WCA CEO Advocates For A “Systematic” Way To Support Afghanistan Women’s Team

WCA CEO suggests systematic ways to support the Afghan women’s cricket team as they play their first cricket match in three years on Thursday.

WION on MSN · 17h

Afghan women's cricket team reunites three years after Taliban takeover

The Afghan women's cricket team had an eye-catching reunion on Wednesday (Jan 29) after they were seen together at an event in Australia. The exiled Afghan women’s side, led by Nahida Sapan and Firooza Amiri,

The Conversation on MSN · 1d

After fleeing the Taliban, the Afghan women’s cricket team is finally playing together – in Australia

A Twenty20 cricket contest featuring a women’s team made up of refugees from Afghanistan who now live in Australia may “only” be an exhibition game, but it could be the beginning of something much more.

Forbes · 23h

Afghanistan Women’s Cricket Team To Take Field With Pride, But Thorny Issue Remains In A Stalemate

Afghanistan women's cricket team will take the field in an exhibition match in Australia, but their cricketing plight remains in a stalemate.

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Afghanistan's female cricketers reunite for a match after 3 years in exile due to Taliban ban

Cricketer Firooza Amiri says her team will "represent millions of women in Afghanistan who are denied their rights” when the ...

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Afghan women cricketers reunite in first game after fleeing Taliban

Afghanistan's women cricketers on Thursday played their first game since fleeing the Taliban three years ago, a charity match ...

Afghanistan food crisis deepens as aid cuts leave many living on ‘just bread and tea’

The head of the World Food Programme in Afghanistan says the agency can only feed half the millions of Afghans in need after ...

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Funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping women, aid agency chief warns

The head of a major international aid agency is warning that funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping ...

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Afghanistan’s Art Scene Weighs in On Taliban Move to Ban Images of Living Things

Despite the Taliban’s attempts to erase the nation’s cultural identity, Afghan artists are hopeful that art can outlive even ...

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Taliban deputy urges leader to lift education bans on Afghan women and girls

Last September, there were reports authorities had also stopped medical training and courses for women. In Afghanistan, women and girls can only be treated by female doctors and health ...

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Afghan refugee cricketers in Australia to play first match since fleeing Taliban

More than three years after fleeing Afghanistan as the Taliban swept to power, a women's team of refugee cricketers will play an exhibition match in Melbourne on Thursday, hoping it will be a first ...