Top Afghan cricketers urge Taliban to reverse ban on women’s medical education

Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan makes plea for ‘education to all’
Move ‘harms the whole country,’ says Mohammad Nabi

Two of Afghanistan’s national sporting heroes have called on the Taliban to reverse a decision to bar women from education and medicine, as cricket’s international community grapples with how to best address human rights concerns in the country.

Afghanistan’s women’s cricket team fled following the takeover in 2021 and no longer competes internationally, but the country’s men’s cricket team continues to play and triggered mass celebrations following historic victories over England at last year’s 50-over World Cup and Australia in the T20 version this year.

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