Afghanistan women support England's non-boycott of men's fixture

Human Rights Watch: ICC should side with exiled cricketers, not Taliban

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The Human Rights Watch has called for the International Cricket Council to stand on the side of Afghanistan’s women cricketers and “not on the side of the Taliban”. The international NGO penned a letter to the governing body on March 7 calling for Afghanistan to be suspended from cricket in response to the erosion of…

Afghanistan cricket team at Champions Trophy (Associated Press)

Human Rights Watch urges ICC to suspend Afghanistan

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Human Rights Watch has called for the International Cricket Council to suspend Afghanistan in response to the Taliban’s assault on women’s rights. All female sport is effectively outlawed under the regime, with the majority of the women’s cricket team living in exile. That places the country in direct contravention of the ICC’s own terms of…