Islamist group bring their pregnant wives to clinics and hospitals demanding female doctors but ban women from midwifery ...

Firoza Amiri and Nahida Sapan of the Afghanistan XI will play in the Afghanistan XI v Cricket ... [+] Without Borders XI Cricket Game at Junction Oval in Melbourne (Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty ...

Despite a decreasing military footprint in Afghanistan, the United States has a unique ability and obligation to continue supporting Afghan efforts to improve women's security and leadership ...

The lack of support has forced cricketers like Amiri to flee Afghanistan and settle in Australia, where she is playing club cricket. In 2024, they urged the ICC to help them set up a refugee team ...

Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan from Afghanistan's men's national cricket team have posted support of women's education on social media after the Taliban closed training institutes for nursing and ...

Afghanistan's women ... a charity which aims to draw young women into the game. Clad in cricket pads, helmets and blue shirts of a similar shade to the national men's side, the Afghan XI gathered ...

While Afghanistan has an established men's team and enjoys funding from the International Cricket Council , the women are unfunded and unsanctioned by the global body despite pleas for support ...

Image: The Afghanistan women's cricket team had to flee for safety in 2021 after the Taliban regained power but the men's team have continued to play "This match has so much more importance than ...