Along with her sister, Mariam was forced to stop practising her sport when the
Taliban came to power
*Mariam and her sister were on the national
boxing team and the youth boxing team. They were ordered by the Taliban to stop practising, and are frightened they may be targeted in future. The interview was interrupted by a hail of gunshots near the place they are staying.
About two weeks after they took
Kabul, the Taliban sent two gunmen to our doorstep. They told us: “Forget your dreams. The Islamic emirate is here now, you should stop boxing, and not go to the stadium.”