Tag: Afghanistan
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Under Taliban threat, Afghan women cyclists burn their history
Caio Guatelli for Folha de S. Paulo www.folha.com/ciclocosmo With the fundamentalist group Taliban’s return to power 20 years after the US invasion of Afghanistan, women cyclists eliminate their historical records of the sport. Fearing severe punishment of the Islamic religious law Sharia, which includes death by stoning, the cyclists burned photographs, diplomas, trophies and all…
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