Afghanistan I The Taliban During the first regime of the Taliban, sports competitions were discouraged at the government level, but in the second regime of the Taliban, at least Cricket This situation has changed with regard to
It has been more than two years since the establishment of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, but there is one area where this country is clashing with the big countries of the world despite all the sanctions.
Apart from international competitions, players from Afghanistan are showing their talent in T20 leagues.
Rashid Khan, Muhammad Nabi, Hazratullah Zazai, Rehmanullah Garbaz, Gulbuddin Naib and Mujeebur Rehman are some of the names who play a vital role in the victories of their teams in major T20 leagues.
According to the report of the American magazine Washington Post, the growing popularity of this game during the second period of the Taliban regime is actually a reflection of the interest in cricket among the Pashtun population.
“Cricket connects the whole country,” says Abdul Ghaffar Farooq, spokesman for Afghanistan’s Ministry of Information.
In the early days of the establishment of the Taliban government in 2021, Anas Haqqani, the younger brother of the senior minister of the Taliban, Sirajuddin Haqqani, visited the Afghan Cricket Board while he also met with the Afghan players.
Anas Haqqani, himself a cricket fan, said that Taliban fighters could have become great cricket stars.
He said that if there was no war in our country, many of us would have been part of the national team. The future of cricket in Afghanistan is very bright.
Big victories in Afghanistan cricket
Talking about the Cricket World Cup played in India last year, the common people in Afghanistan as well as the Taliban fighters were taking great interest in it.
Meanwhile, large numbers of people gathered in parks, wedding halls, barbershops and television shops in Afghanistan.
When the Afghanistan team defeated teams like England, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Netherlands, the joy and excitement of these men was palpable.
Taliban fighters even expressed their happiness by shooting in the air.
Kabul Mohammad Gul Ahmadzai, a 48-year-old resident of Afghanistan, says, “People in Afghanistan have nothing to enjoy, but cricket gives us joy.”
Some young Afghans believe that cricket is the only way to end their poverty.
17-year-old Farhad Amirzai says that after the establishment of the Taliban government, the youth became less interested in education. Youngsters think that even if we get education from university or school, we will not get good jobs under the present government. So they try their luck with cricket.’
19-year-old Taliban fighter Abdul Mubeen Mansoor also wants to play cricket but says he has no time for it after his job.
However Afghan women There is no possibility for that.
Among the first few decisions after the establishment of the Taliban government was the decision to ban women from participating in sports.
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After this decision of the Taliban, last year the Australian team announced a boycott of the matches against Afghanistan as a protest against the ban on women.
Waida Omari, 35, is hopeful that she will not see a foreign team playing in Kabul under the Taliban.
Vida Omari has left Afghanistan, but 80 percent of the female athletes who participated in sports under her supervision still reside in Afghanistan.
According to Vida, the families of these women complain of inviting the displeasure of the Taliban and pressuring them to marry. Many of them call me and cry.’
On the other hand, the Taliban’s Minister of Urban Development, Hamdullah Nomani, says that they are planning to build a new cricket stadium in Kabul.
A new cricket stadium in Kabul was planned under the previous government, but the Taliban are interested in the project and want to complete it with private funding.
The Taliban government is facing international isolation due to international sanctions, but the spokesperson of the Afghanistan Cricket Board says that they have received a grant of 16 million dollars from the International Cricket Council.
According to media reports, the Afghanistan Cricket Board is expected to receive more similar grants in the coming years.
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2024-07-24 10:17:58
