Afghan women, including the country’s women’s cricket team, now won’t be allowed to play any sport under the new Taliban government
During an interview with the Australian journalist SBS, the deputy head of the Taliban’s cultural commission, Ahmadullah Wasiq, stated that women’s sport was thought to be neither appropriate nor necessary. “I don’t think women will be allowed to play cricket because it is not necessary that women should play cricket,” Wasiq said. “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.” He said, “It is the media era, and there will be photos and videos, and then people watch it. Islam and the Islamic Emirate Afghanistan do not allow women to play cricket or play the kind of sports where they get exposed.”
On the other hand, it has been known that a country’s men cricket team can’t officially play cricket unless they have a women cricket team as well. Conclusively this decision might end up effecting the whole of cricketing in Afghanistan.
