Women Afghan athletes differ on whether Olympic ban will help their cause
It is heartbreaking and enraging that women and girls in Afghanistan are being deprived of opportunity. Freedom in sport is supposed to be for everyone, writes Shireen Ahmed.
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It is heartbreaking and enraging that women and girls in Afghanistan are being deprived of opportunity. Freedom in sport is supposed to be for everyone, writes Shireen Ahmed.