The National (UAE): Mohammad Samim Faizad is the only Olympic athlete training for the Games inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Faizad is part of a six-strong Afghanistan squad heading to Paris, including three women who are not acknowledged by the Taliban government. Click here to read more (external link).
Barron’s: Afghanistan’s Taliban government does not recognise the three female athletes who will represent the country at the Paris Olympic Games this month, a spokesman for their sports department said. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has invited a squad of six Afghan athletes — three women and three men — in consultation with Afghanistan’s largely
By Faiza Ibrahimi Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 27, 2024 Afghan athletes face formidable hurdles under Taliban rule, particularly women, who are denied the chance to compete or even enter a gym. But when the Olympics open in Paris next month, Afghanistan will be represented by a team that epitomizes equality and global resistance to the Taliban’s
AFP: A gender-balanced team of three men and three women will represent Afghanistan in Paris next month in a symbolic move for the first summer Olympics since the Taliban surged to power. The chief executive of Afghanistan’s national Olympic committee (NOC), Dad Mohammad Payenda Akhtari, told AFP all of the athletes, except the judoka, were
Afghanistan International: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that no Taliban officials will be permitted to attend the Paris 2024 Olympics. A spokesperson for the committee stated that Afghanistan will participate with a team comprising three women and three men, emphasising on gender equality. Male athletes are set to compete in track and field,
Tolo News: Afridun Amu is a well-known Afghan surfer who enters international competitions in Asia and elsewhere. His interest in surfing sparked at the age of 20, leading him to represent Afghanistan at the World Championships in 2017, a passion he actively pursues to this day. Afridun Amu, who currently lives in Portugal, is preparing
Tolo News: The Beijing Winter Olympics kicked off on Friday in China with 2,871 male and female athletes from 91 countries competing in 15 different sports. This year, however, no athletes from Afghanistan attended the games due to the lack of Afghan passports, the athletes and Afghan ski officials said. Two skiers, Sayed Ali Shah
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 8, 2021 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced $560,000 of aid for the winter to members of the Afghan sports community who are still living in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in August. The aid package was approved by the IOC Executive Board on December 8, the committee said
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 8, 2021 International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has said that all of the Afghan national athletes from last month’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are “outside the country,” as international concerns mount over hard-line Taliban rule in Afghanistan. “All athletes who participated at the Olympic and Paralympic Games at
Tolo News: Afghanistan’s national taekwondo team missed the Asian qualifying matches for the Tokyo Olympics over positive tests of three members of the squad amidst their trip to Jordan this week. Their coach has also tested positive for COVID-19. Click here to read more (external link).