Exiled Afghan women’s cycling champ to ride for Israeli team
Fariba Hashimi, who fled with her sister days before the Taliban takeover, vows to ‘race for all the women in Afghanistan’ after joining Israel – Premier Tech Roland
Newsrael News Desk 25.10.2022
TOI reports - An Israeli cycling team announced Monday it has recruited exiled Afghan athlete Fariba Hashimi, a day after she won her national championship — held in Switzerland since the women’s sports event has been banned by the ruling Taliban.
Hashimi, 19, and her sister Yulduz, 22 — who took second place in the event — fled Afghanistan days before the ultra-conservative Taliban entered Kabul last year and took over the country, carrying out a crackdown on women’s rights.
Source - TOI/Twitter - Image - Courtesy/Noam Arnon
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