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Australia’s males’s cricket crew has withdrawn from a sequence of upcoming matches towards Afghanistan in protest over the ruling Taliban’s restrictions on girls and ladies’ training and employment, Cricket Australia (CA) mentioned in an announcement Thursday.
The groups have been scheduled to play three One Day International (ODI) video games within the United Arab Emirates in March, however CA determined to cancel the sequence after “extensive consultation” with “several stakeholders including the Australian government,” the assertion mentioned.
“CA is committed to supporting growing the game for women and men around the world, including in Afghanistan, and will continue to engage with the Afghanistan Cricket Board in anticipation of improved conditions for women and girls in the country,” it added.
In December, the Taliban introduced the suspension of college training for all feminine college students. The transfer adopted a call in March to bar ladies from returning to secondary faculties, following months-long closures that had been in place because the hardline Islamist group took over Afghanistan in August 2021.
Later that month, the Taliban ordered all native and worldwide non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to cease their feminine staff from coming to work, warning that non-compliance would outcome within the revocation of their licenses.
Cricket Australia had beforehand backed out of a proposed Test match towards Afghanistan attributable to be hosted in Tasmania in November of 2021 over the Taliban’s ban on girls taking part in sports activities.
“Driving the growth of women’s cricket globally is incredibly important to Cricket Australia. Our vision for cricket is that it is a sport for all, and we support the game unequivocally for women at every level,” CA mentioned on the time.
Australia’s sports activities minister Anika Wells on Thursday mentioned Canberra helps Cricket Australia’s transfer.
“The Australian government welcomes Cricket Australia’s decision to withdraw from the upcoming men’s One Day International series against Afghanistan, following the Taliban’s increased suppression of women and girls’ rights,” she tweeted.
Although the Taliban repeatedly claimed it will shield the rights of women and girls, the group has executed the alternative, stripping away the hard-won freedoms for which girls have fought tirelessly over the previous twenty years.
The United Nations and a minimum of half a dozen main international assist teams have mentioned they’re briefly suspending their operations in Afghanistan following the ban on feminine NGO staff.