because you know, it is love matters ah yes, but few, this is the consequence for certain folks. i'm to find out the christian commotion like just a will any more just conflict in ukraine, but european war intent voices rushes, rory crane. one years since the invasion began. we take a look back and into the future in slow grade. in february on t w. o o o a mm. afghans or wrong to cobble dearborn desperate to leave the

country. the taliban is in control about dana stone. after the taliban took over. among the 1st things the band was floating activities for old girls and women. many fema athletes tried to escape under. i'm just, we thought jeff, how we can run from here, how we can skip from this situation, how we can fall alive. some of those who stayed behind continued the sport secretly, despite the grave danger. and when i got out of the gym there were 2 j 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, you know, 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 workings almost completely forbidden. so to run as life is restricted to the household, lactic, i wake up at 5 am or 4 30 am. trust me, others assume pain because now every one is unemployed you? oh i, i wash the clothes or finish all the other work at home. because i don't want my mother when my sisters to tell me that today i shouldn't go to the gym your cuz they got hotter than the others have had breakfast. i should hurry up because we're

going, we need to bring the carpets are to room or 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 tony bon took over just leaving the house without a mayor companion put her in danger. 5500 kilometers away from afghanistan in albania. she used to be a very successful basketball player, 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 monkey young honestly,

both good wanted my luck, and go without brag with love to follow without playing basketball. i've been using millbrook, the taller one, the throat, everything in order to handle. everything in all accounted officially. women went 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 will be boring for me. a back and if enough, gone standby my the family had no one to 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. i was sticking to my mother's mouth just i want to take my market golf blow at to make

a wish about possible to not because we afghans believe it brings luck. me or the mcgovern i've made it asked me my father and my family and my cousins. they told me that usual to live. so it's very 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 a 1st attempt to escape, i've gone 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 dock human money on his career as an athlete i. this is the national things that we become champions of them. they come out soon enough. come on here. the, the there to 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. not just all of off. after one of these sessions, tarana was spotted by the taliban outside the gender race. yep. and as 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 are my dreams. if i follow my emotions, i will have to leave my dreams, my sport, i'm my pounds for the future. number i'm gonna assume or not. 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, feeble oh, me, me. they've gone through when i both retired a lot to have contact with the feeble lubin hope us booths. if appointing for me why fi road don't over wise? oh,

mariam calls of the athletes here her new family in this challenging phase of life, they support each other. among other things with traditional africans. now here in albany are fun found within the all the pupil all the counter united, the 3rd of europe, passive li forgot of the country, his visual to accept you either human, not african, not. and the thing. how are the nationality, non human? again, in america we've just started, i'll wash my rooms carpet 1st. we should use the law to 1st while the others awaiting and then brush it brazil. my dream is yes, one dream i cannot tell you about is that i want to take part in the 2024 olympics

it john, amazon boy, just awful. i want to show the wall 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. awesome. i just wanted shot. i want to show the world that we will never give up. well, i'm not sure how to get to the music ah, a few weeks after i received videos to run or sent me this voice message. very cobra because i trisha from grandfather, it's very bad for our women of afghanistan. i could not leave her and their warm beer, the color one has beat me after the guy tried to leave i yes, a i came in. i didn't hear i read the router if you

a g a. yeah. so i'm in sharla. ah, i'm very happy that all the women sound like 21, they leave that situation. they cannot defend their own time under the tall one will. they cannot. it's danger. it's difficult, it's horrible. mary 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 in the for, you learn that you can be funny. if i find a new fan, richard go cover that one by the 4th raska ball. you know, after you lose the game, you learn that it's not,

or you certified to with with our sports, all with scoring we say they were about giving up sports like every weekend on d w. you cream was like a stepping point to, you know, pay more to you into that ward. you want to be finish your studies. now you have, i said you get from the train. you can choose to go back or somewhere else. currently, more people than ever on the move worldwide in search of a better life. yeah, i believe something green is come in very, very sense. and yeah, can we learn more about allow one story info my grants. ah,

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