RASC News Agency: According to the report of the British newspaper Telegraph, female rugby athletes in Afghanistan are left with no fate and the majority of them practice secretly due to the fear of the Taliban group.
In its latest report, which was published on August 21, this newspaper wrote about female rugby athletes in Afghanistan that after the rule of the Taliban group, the majority of these women have faced depression like other athletes.
According to the report, all rugby-related activities have been suspended for the past two years, but a small number of women risk their lives each week to train in secret.
One of these female athletes said: “Most of the time my parents try to prevent me from going; because they are afraid of my life. It’s very hard for me to even practice.”
She added that the only way I could get permission from my parents was to cry until they gave up and let me go. For me, rugby is very freeing.
The fact that I can do this with my friends. This is my passion.
Another woman says: “The first thing we do is to approach each other and ask each other how we are doing. We have to do everything very quietly. It is important not to make noise or draw attention to ourselves. There have been times when we have practiced in a small room. It is very difficult to get permission from our parents; because they know how the Taliban group works. Even leaving home is a war in itself.”
This is despite the fact that after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the restrictions of this group, like other sectors in the field of sports, have increased against girls and women.
Earlier, the International Olympic Committee also called for an end to the restrictions imposed on female athletes in Afghanistan.
This is while the Taliban group has deprived Afghanistani women and girls of their most basic rights and they have turned into home prisons.
