By allowing them to compete for Afghanistan, the I.O.C. is not only undermining its own commitment to Olympic values but also lending legitimacy to the Taliban’s unrecognized regime.

Kimia Yousofi, of Afghanistan, makes a political statement after a heat in the women's 100-meter run at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. Martin Meissner / AP ...

Afghanistan will field a gender equal team at the Paris Olympics with three women and three men in a largely symbolic move, while no Taliban official will be allowed at the Games, the ...

Two sisters and Afghanistan’s flagbearer at the last Olympics say they aren’t competing just for themselves but also for many women who are banned by the Taliban regime from playing sports.

The Afghan sprinter may have finished last in her OIympic 100-meter heat, but her presence on the track in Paris sent a powerful message on women’s rights.

KABUL, Afghanistan - Besides going after a medal in the boxing ring at the London Olympics, Sadaf Rahimi will be taking a few punches in the fight for equal rights for Afghan women.

GENEVA -- The Afghanistan team's status for the 2024 Paris Olympics was put in question Wednesday by the IOC over growing frustration with the Taliban blocking access to sports for women and girls.

Afghanistan will send a team of three women and three men to the Paris Olympics as demanded by the International Olympic Committee following the return to power of the Taliban in August 2021, the ...

I began playing basketball a t my school in Kabul, Afghanistan, at age 14.Because of the Taliban, I have been a refugee twice. First in Iran as a child, and now a second time, I am outside my country.

I began playing basketball a t my school in Kabul, Afghanistan, at age 14.Because of the Taliban, I have been a refugee twice. First in Iran as a child, and now a second time, I am outside my country.

'Don't give up,' Afghanistan Olympian Kimia Yousofi tells girls under Taliban's oppression Yousofi pulled out piece of paper at the Olympic Games that read, 'Education, Sport, our right,' and held ...

Kimia Yousofi may have finished last in her OIympic 100-meter heat, but her presence on the track in Paris sent a powerful message on women’s rights.