We cannot cheer on Afghanistan’s cricket team when Afghan women are being silenced

Afghanistan's women cricketers played their first game since fleeing the Taliban three years ago – a charity match in Melbourne, Australia on 30 January. Photograph: Martin Keep/AFP/Getty Images

Since the Taliban took power in August 2021, Afghan women have been experiencing a situation that is unparalleled in other parts of the world.

Thanks to the Taliban and their obsessive campaign of misogyny, Afghan girls cannot go to secondary school. Women cannot go to public parks, beauty parlours or public buildings.