Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games: Afghanistan’s Zakia Khudadadi makes debut after secret evacuation
On Thursday, Zakia Khudadadi entered the Makuhari Messe competition arena in Chiba wearing a white hijab for the opening match of the combat sport’s Paralympic debut.
Sep 03, 2021, 13:57 PM IST
Afghanistan crisis: Afghan’s Tokyo Paralympians safely evacuated, says world body
The Afghan athletes were forced to withdraw from the Games as all flights out of capital Kabul got cancelled after the Taliban seized control of the country.
Aug 26, 2021, 12:59 PM IST
Afghanistan Taliban crisis: ‘Please let me go to the Paralympics,’ pleads Afghan’s first female para athlete Zakia Khudadadi stranded in Kabul
Other than Zakia, discus thrower Hossain Rasouli is in a two-person Afghanistan contingent but even he won’t be able to take part in the Tokyo Paralympics.
Aug 17, 2021, 23:08 PM IST
Afghanistan Taliban Crisis: Tokyo Paralympic dream over for Afghan athletes trapped in Kabul
Arian Sadiqi said he had been due to fly to Japan on Monday while the team – Zakia Khudadadi and track athlete Hossain Rasouli – had been scheduled to arrive in Tokyo on August 17. Taekwondo athlete Khudadadi was profiled on the Paralympic website last week talking about her hopes for the Games.
Aug 17, 2021, 07:20 AM IST
