Two Afghan athletes arrive in Tokyo for Paralympics

FILE PHOTO: Afghan paralympic athlete, Zakia Khudadadi, asks to be allowed to participate in the Tokyo Paralympics in this still image taken from a video shot August 17, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Zakia Khudadadi via REUTERS

TOKYO (Reuters) - Two Afghan athletes arrived in Tokyo on Saturday to compete in the 2020 Paralympics after one of them made a video appeal for help to leave Kabul so she could take part in the Games.

Zakia Khudadadi, a Taekwondo athlete, and track athlete Hossain Rasouli were evacuated from the Afghan capital a week ago and landed in Tokyo on a flight from Paris, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said in a statement.