In 2021, the Afghan women’s cricket team was forced to flee their country when the Taliban took back power. Now, the International Cricket Council has answered their calls and set up a taskforce to ...

Recent months have seen several reports of funding cuts and visa withdrawals leaving Afghan women at risk of deportation to Afghanistan - a country where women and girls are subjected to what only ...

Cuts to U.S. aid for Afghanistan threaten essential IRC programs that deliver food, health care, education and critical ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Afghan women cricketers will finally get high-level support in a bid to rejoin international competition after the sport’s world governing body created a taskforce to ...

MELBOURNE, - A funding pledge from the International Cricket Council has given Afghanistan's exiled women cricketers hope of recognition and the chance to play on the international stage in ...

When the news broke that the International Cricket Council would support Afghanistan’s exiled women cricketers, Firooza Afghan was overwhelmed. “I can’t describe my feelings,” she said ...

After years of fighting, Afghanistan's women's cricket team has now won support from the sport's governing body. One exiled player told DW this marks a significant leap in a long, grueling battle.

The ICC has said it will form a "dedicated task force" to support Afghanistan women cricketers who have been displaced by the Taliban regime ruling the country. The initiative, which is in ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the formation of a dedicated task force to support displaced Afghan women cricketers, many of whom currently reside in exile in Australia. This ...