Taliban ban sports for all Afghanistan women, says ‘it exposes their body’

Women from Afghanistan cannot participate in sports including cricket as sporting activities would ‘expose their bodies’, the Taliban said on Wednesday (September 8). Ahmadullah Wasiq, deputy head of the Taliban’s cultural commission, told media that sports activities were not necessary for women.

Earlier this week, the Taliban decreed that only a woman teacher would teach female students but if that was not possible then ‘old men’ of good character could fill in.

“I don’t think women will be allowed to play cricket because it is not necessary that women should play cricket. In cricket, they might face a situation where their face and body will not be covered. Islam does not allow women to be seen like this. It is the media era, and there will be photos and videos, and then people watch it. Islam and the Islamic Emirate do not allow women to play cricket or play the kind of sports where they get exposed,” said Ahmadullah Wasiq, the deputy head of the Taliban’s cultural commission, in an interview to SBS News.

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