In a powerful gesture of solidarity, King Charles III welcomed Afghanistan's exiled women's cricket team to Clarence House on Wednesday, offering public support to a group of athletes who are no longer permitted to represent their homeland under Taliban rule.
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The meeting came as the players, most of whom fled Afghanistan after the Taliban's return to power in 2021, arrived in England for a series of exhibition matches alongside the ongoing Women's T20 World Cup.
For the Afghan cricketers, the royal audience was about much more than cricket.
