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Samira Asghari urges international sports bodies to engage Taliban authorities to secure education and sports rights for Afghan girls amid bans and restrictions.
- Recently, Samira Asghari, Afghanistan's International Olympic Committee member, urged continued engagement with Taliban authorities to protect girls' and women's rights and said she has worked to smooth talks between the International Olympic Committee and those in control.
- Asghari, 31 and in exile, favours engaging Afghanistan's Taliban government despite its ban on girls beyond the age of 12 from schooling and women from sports.
- She warned the country risks creating another lost generation and urged finding small openings like sport development for primary school girls attending up to sixth grade.
- Asghari warned that the Taliban's international acceptance depends on respecting women's rights, urging FIFA to align with IOC talks while Afghan Women United recently competed in Morocco.
- She said small breakthroughs could prevent long-term harm women suffered during the Taliban's 1996–2001 rule, recalling sixth grade, age 12, and urging immediate dialogue as the Taliban remain the reality.
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Afghan IOC member Asghari hopes Taliban dialogue spark u-turn over women's rights
Afghanistan's International Olympic Committee member Samira Asghari has told AFP that the Taliban authorities must face the stark truth that if they are ever to be accepted internationally they must respect the rights of women to education and sport.
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Afghan IOC Member Seeks Taliban Talks to Revive Women's Rights
Afghanistan’s IOC member Samira Asghari has stated to AFP that the Taliban must confront the reality that gaining international acceptance requires respecting women’s rights to education and sports. Living in exile for the second time, she favors engaging with Afghanistan’s current rulers. The Taliban government has banned girls from attending school past age 12, prohibited women from working in most sectors and participating in public life, and…
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