Taliban says women will not be allowed to play sports including cricket in Afghanistan – Times of India

Kabul : Taliban confirmed on Wednesday Woman In Afghanistan no one will be allowed to play Play, Including Cricket. The move now puts the only men’s Test match between Australia and Afghanistan to be held in Hobart in November in doubt.
“I don’t think women will be allowed to play cricket because it is not necessary that women should play cricket. In cricket, they may face a situation where their face and body will not be covered. Islam sees women does not allow.” in such a way. This is the age of media, and there will be pictures and videos, and then people will see it. Islam and Islamic Emirate “Don’t allow women to play cricket or play sports where they are exposed,” Ahmadullah Wasiq, deputy head of the Taliban’s cultural commission, told SBS News in an interview.
In November 2020, twenty-five women cricketers were awarded central contracts by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB). It also organized a 21-day training camp for 40 women cricketers in Kabul. The International Cricket Council (ICC) requires a national women’s team for all its 12 full members and only full members of the ICC are allowed to play Test matches.
Asked whether not having women’s cricket would mean that the ICC would cancel the Hobart Test, Wasik said the Taliban would not compromise. “Even for this, if we are faced with challenges and problems, we have fought for our religion so that Islam can be followed. We will not transgress Islamic values, even if it has the opposite reaction. Will not leave Islamic rules.”
He said that Islam has allowed women to go out on the basis of needs like shopping and that sport is not considered as a necessity. “In cricket and other sports, women will not get an Islamic dress code. It is clear that they will be exposed and will not follow the dress code, and Islam does not allow this.”
Australia’s Trade Minister Dan Tehan described the Taliban’s decision to ban female athletes from playing the sport as “incredible, incredibly disappointing”.
“Most Australians would absolutely despise the idea that girls (and) ‘shagun’ wouldn’t be allowed to play sports. It’s something our sporting codes have to think through and look at very carefully. The idea that you “The women’s game is something that is right for every Australian,” Tehan told reporters in Canberra on Wednesday.

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