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25/05/2024 GMT

Should Afghanistan be banned from the Olympics?

BBC World Service - Weekend, Should Afghanistan be banned from the Olympics?

The Taliban do not allow women and girls to play sports

There are new calls for the International Olympic Committee to ban Afghanistan from taking part in the Olympics because the Taliban do not allow women and girls to play sports.
 
Also today: why the British prime minister, Rishi Sunak, announced the date of a general election sooner rather than later; and horticultural therapy at the Chelsea Flower Show in London.
 
Today’s guests are Kate Clark, Co-Director and Senior Analyst at The Afghanistan Analysts Network, and John Kampfner, who’s an award-winning author, broadcaster and commentator. 
 
Photo: Athletes from Afghanistan parade during the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 at the Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou, China.

Credit: Photo by ALEX PLAVEVSKI/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock.

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