In a video from Kabul, Afghan athlete Zakia Chudadadi begs her to be able to represent in taekwondo at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. The National Paralympic Committee has announced that a two-member mini-expedition to the Paralympic Games will not fly because of the current situation in the country, which has been brought under the control of the radical Islamist movement Taliban in recent days.
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“Unfortunately, the Afghan team will not take part in the Paralympic Games. Due to the serious situation in the country, all airports are closed and they have no way to travel to Tokyo. We hope they are safe and well in these difficult times,” a spokesman for the International Paralympic Committee added.
In the taekwondo that will premiere at the Paralympics, Chudadadi was to introduce herself as the first Afghan woman at the Paralympics. Through Ariana Sadiqi, an employee of the Afghan Paralympic Committee living in London, she provided Reuters with a statement complaining about the prisoner’s feeling. She may be with an extended family, but she cannot go out safely to train or shop. In addition, he worries about relatives who do not even have food for their children.
Afghan athlete Zakia Chudadadi is asking for help
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“I ask all of you as an Afghan woman and a representative of Afghan women for help. I want to participate in the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Please give me a helping hand. I call on you all from women around the world, through women’s rights institutions and all government institutions: ‘Let us not take the rights of Afghan women in the Paralympic movement so easily.’ “I have suffered a lot and I do not want my suffering to be in vain and without any result. Help me,” she begged.
Five Afghan athletes competed in the recent Olympics. The Paralympic Games will begin on the week of August 24th.
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