Taliban takeover strands team for Tokyo in AfghanistanKhudadadi (taekwondo) and Hossain Rasouli (discus) miss outAfghanistan will not compete at this month’s Paralympics in Tokyo, after the team were unable to leave
Kabul as a result of the Taliban’s conquest of the country.
Zakia Khudadadi had been set to become the country’s first female Paralympian when the taekwondo fighter was named alongside the discus thrower Hossain Rasouli in a two-person team. On Monday, however, it was confirmed that neither athlete had been able to take their scheduled flight out of the country.