UK Minister Lisa Nandy rejects calls for England to boycott Afghanistan cricket match.
Says cancelling would “deny sports fans the opportunity that they love”.
Taliban banned women from public spaces, gyms, parks, hairdressing salons.
Pathetic response.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jan/10/lisa-nandy-rejects-calls-england-boycott-afghanistan-cricket-match
Says cancelling would “deny sports fans the opportunity that they love”.
Taliban banned women from public spaces, gyms, parks, hairdressing salons.
Pathetic response.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jan/10/lisa-nandy-rejects-calls-england-boycott-afghanistan-cricket-match
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I just can’t imagine being forced to live such a desperate life of incarceration, loneliness and invisibility on pain of severe punishment.
Where is their protest?
See: many sports boycotts.
Saudi, Qatar etc should also be pariahs.
eh! To what?
Thatcher and Reagan propping up racist arseholes.
Racist arseholes trying to buy acceptability by bribing players.
Then it all fell down.
Decency prevailed
I give up-honestly! These politicians suck up to voters. For once I’d like to see consistent character/ethics/humanity. It’s never going to happen!
Cricket has never been a sport connected to the Taliban. It started as an exiles game. Not sure punishing cricket helps
They are medieval head choppers who oppress women and hack up journalists.
But they are rich enough to buy sporting events and have dinner with heads of government.
No difference between them and the Taliban except the money.
Golf, boxing, football- it's all been washed with cash to make head chopping journalist murderers look ok.
I'd never have watched South Africa in the 80s.
The Afghan team are in exile (mens) but their womens team are in bondage and unable to speak, just like their sisters.
Boycott.
Labour are taking this stance so they don’t get flack from the right-wing media. I’m sick of their cowardice.
Letting any team from this fascist, gender-apartheid regime play proves that games and nationalism matter but women don't.
Cricket in Afghan started as an exiles and disident sport
I've lived in Dubai for 18 years. Afghanistan played their matches here. Tests were usually free. My wife and daughter always welcomed
That's morally consistent but the Taliban won't care and it will have no impact
And it won't make up for the fact we abandoned Afghani women
But no, can't stop fans watching cricket.
Call yourself a feminist Lisa Nandy? Well don't.
Taliban rape and torture women and girls born trans.
Not a peep out of Starmer or Nandy.
https://8am.media/eng/under-the-taliban-rule-transgender-individuals-treated-as-sexual-slaves/
Team GB should boycott the LA28 Olympics because of him.
What an embarrassing defeat!
Well done, Afghanistan!
" ICC members are reported to believe that allowing the men’s team to compete will help them influence the Taliban for good."
Dream on; I doubt anyone in the Afghan regime knows or cares about cricket unless it can be used as a foreign currency source
Just play the cricket match
Also, western angst abt Taliban sexism is (a) part of a general anti-Islam push; and (b) manufactured outrage when the same people are silent abt misogyny at home.