Afghan girls get taekwondo training at a location in Kabul despite the Taliban banning women’s sports. EPA
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Farzana Frotan, center, participated in the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships. EPA
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Farzana Frotan, left, trains with the team. EPA
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Farzana Frotan, a gold medalist at the 2016 WTF international taekwondo tournament in Tajikistan, shows her skills. EPA
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Afghan girls and their coach in Kabul. EPA
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The Taliban’s ban on female sports has forced a group of Afghan women from the national taekwondo team to go underground. EPA
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The situation has not weakened the morale of the team members. EPA
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Bashir Ahmad Rustamzai, the country’s new sports minister, has said the Taliban would permit 400 sports, but he wouldn’t specify whether women could participate in any of them. EPA
