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desperate to leave the country. the taliban is in control of afghanistan. after the taliban took over, among the 1st things the band was sporting activities for all girls and women. many fema athletes tried to escape under. i'm jeff. we thought, jeff, how we can run from here, how we can escape from this situation, how we can faithful alive some of those who stayed behind continued the sport secretly, despite the grave danger, ah, masked love. but when i got out of the gym they were to nurture her dean in front of me without hearing anything from me or without saying anything. they hit me on my shoulder with that gun shop. sean ema, m. these are the lives of 2 female athletes. their story is the story of thousands of african girls and women. ah

ah, she is a female athlete in afghanistan, neither her name nor her sport will be revealed in order to protect her and her family's life. i call her to herana. i asked her to show us her life. in a video diary for women in afghanistan, education is only permitted up to a certain age and working is almost completely forbidden to. to run as life is restricted to the household, lactic. i wake up at 5 am or 4 30 am. trust me, others the c panel because now every one is unemployed. oh i, i wash the clothes or finish all the other work at home. because i don't want my mother on my sisters to tell me that today i shouldn't go to the gym. you're cuz the guy i've met on the does have had breakfast. i should hurry up because we're

going. we need to bring the carpets, laundry room for her room while there are laundromats here that wash carpets in afghanistan. it's shameful for families who have many female members to get their carpets washed for them. drug mom and his my hedge app. that all way. when i go out, i have to get ready to leave my home. she used to train several times a week. she used to when titles. she had dreams of being an athlete. since the tale bon took over just leaving the house without a mere companion, put her in danger. 5500 kilometers away from afghanistan in albania. she used to be a very successful basketball play, and she also coached and promoted the sport of women's, wheelchair basketball in afghanistan. actually one titles, both as a national player and as a coach, i will call her mother young. honestly,

basketball at my luck, and go without brag with love goal without playing basketball. i think i'm using liberal the taller one with through everything in order to do everything in all accounted officially. women, women, courier, to like me. suddenly in a moment, unfortunately, with a now hooker, hooker, they about their happiness, about the dreams and of kind of fun. mariam and 27 other female basketball players managed to escape of gone a storm in 2021 hope goal was getting to the united states. but due to bureaucratic hurdles, she has been stuck in this albanian hotel complex for over a year. now i'm happy that i'm here.

i'm food bugs, new appointment for me that i'm with thing my my time. and they by they it's will be boring for me. a back and if enough, gone standby my, the family had wound me, but when you go out and see a member of the taliban on your behalf, you should change direction. you shouldn't hope right past them and i'll be back with you. i did it. sometimes she's without a male companion because her father is the sole bread winner and often not around. oh yeah, good. i found a place of fluff from a dandy lion that was sticking to my mother's mouth. just i want to take my market golf blow at to make a wish to not because we afghans believe it brings luck. me

or the mcgovern. i've made it. oh, my father and my family and my cousins. they told me that usual to live. so it was really difficult for me to was horrible for me that i had to leave my money. i'm flat to cobble shortly before the tale bomb took over. but her 1st attempt to escape, i've gone to some failed. i went to the airport. there was a very crowded, a lot of pupils. i was near the door near the get suddenly a big in a moment. couldn't see anything. a lot of people that they killed by explosion

soon after money got on to list with other sports women were evacuated. her ticket out of the country was basketball court but sport was also the reason why thousands of women heads and raised their identities. as athletes in this, some churches were burnt, trophies and documents destroyed. in order to prevent the tale bond from finding any evidence, only a few photos left over dog human money on his career as an athlete i. this is the national thing that we become champion. she of them, they come out there to sit and i've gone from here the, the data sit in us can when afghanistan found it had negative effects on us,

but i still didn't give up. i said, we have to accept that afghan as john has collapsed. but i won't stop my sport. these pictures show an african woman in training hidden. because according to the taliban, these are pictures that should not exist. what we had created a secret place for us that was out of reach taliban. they were not aware of it. that's just all of off after one of these sessions, tarana was spotted by the taliban outside the gender, my chef and i didn't say anything. they just hit me with a heavy gun on my shoulder. i didn't say anything because i couldn't say anything to them as they hit my phone on to the ground and it broke. ah, in terms of my feelings, i should say it's chaos because on my one side

a my emotions on the other side or my dreams are. if i follow my emotions, i will have to leave my dreams, my sport, i'm my pounds for the future. somebody asked me more. ringback at least mother yum and the other women can still practice their sports. they train on a regular basis thanks to the non governmental organization, equality link. as refugees, the athletes are officially not allowed to work in albania. the international football federation fever covers the coasts for housing, but my young feels there is a lack of support from the international basketball association fee. bo, maybe they've gone through when either require the lot to have contact with the feeble lubin hope of booth with appointing for me. why fi road don't over wise? oh,

mariam calls the athletes year her new family is challenging phase of life. they support each other, among other things with traditional african dinners. now here in albany are fun. we think the all the pupil all the counter it united the 3rd of europe captive li forgot of the country. his visual to accept you either human, neither of cannot and the thing, however, nationality. now, if human again in as, as your we've just started, i'll wash my rims carpet 1st. we should use the law to 1st while the others awaiting and then brush it brazil. i dream is yes. one dream i cannot tell you about is that i want to take part in the 2024

olympics. john, amazon boy, just awful. i want to show the world good. even though it's true that our country has gone backwards and the government has been taken over by the taliban. well, i want to show the world that we haven't given up on me. i just wanted shot. i want to show the world that we will never give up a few weeks after i receive to videos toronto sent me this voice message, tara, because i trisha from gun fun, it's very bad for everyone of again, i could not leave. and there one, the other one is beat me after the guy tried to leave i yesterday i came in august, i didn't hear i read the router if you

a g. yeah. so i'm in shallow. mm hm. i'm really happy that all the women felt like come to one. they leave that situation. they cannot offend there on time. under the tall one. will they cannot. it's danger. it's difficult. it's horrible. not a young finally got an immigration case number. the procedure has started. she hopes that she will begin a new life in the united states almost 2 years after the taliban took over. and the for you learned that you can be funny. if i thought i knew fan, reach your goal. cuz i thought one by the football raska ball, you know, after you lose the game, you learn that it's not, or you should to fly to with

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