According to stories, the published of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Afghanistan has been banned by the nation’s new Taliban authorities. Top Afghanistan cricketers like Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi and Mujeeb Ur Rahman are taking part in IPL 2021.
The IPL 2021 season resumed within the United Arab Emirates – which can also be an Islamic state – on Sunday (September 19) with a sport between Chennai Super Kings and defending champions Mumbai Indians.
M Ibrahim Momand, former media supervisor of the Afghanistan Cricket Board, tweeted that IPL broadcasts have been banned within the nation attributable to potential anti-Islamic content material, ladies dancing and bushy girls within the Taliban’s Islamic emirate.
Citizen of Afghanistan won’t broadcast @ IPL As traditional it was banned from being in matches resuming tonight attributable to alleged anti-Islamic content material, ladies dancing and bushy girls being prohibited in ️ by the Islamic Emirate of Taliban. #CSKVMI pic.twitter.com/dmPZ3rrKn6
— M.Ibrahim Momand (@IbrahimReporter) September 19, 2021
Other journalists within the nation additionally reported that the Taliban authorities had banned the published of the IPL.
Ridiculous: The Taliban have banned the published of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Afghanistan.
The Taliban have warned that Afghan media shops mustn’t broadcast the Indian Cricket League attributable to ladies dancing and the presence of feminine spectators and spectators in stadiums.— Fawad Aman (@FawadAman2) September 21, 2021
Last week, Afghanistan’s new sports activities chief mentioned the Taliban would enable 400 video games – however declined to substantiate whether or not girls might play singles. “Please don’t ask any more questions about women,” Bashir Ahmed Rustamzai instructed AFP information company.
During the brutal and repressive regime of extremists from 1996 to 2001, girls had been fully banned from taking part in any sport, whereas males’s sports activities had been tightly managed. Women had been additionally largely restricted from schooling and work.
Many Afghan girls and girls’s rights activists concern a repeat of such insurance policies globally after the US-backed authorities was toppled final month.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
