Afghan national women's wheelchair basketball team captain Nilofar Bayat poses before an interview in front of the Guggenheim Museum, in Bilbao, Spain, February 12, 2022. Picture taken February 12, 2022. REUTERS/Vincent West
BILBAO, Spain (Reuters) - Six months after fleeing Taliban rule in her homeland, Nilofar Bayat, former captain of the Afghanistan women's wheelchair basketball team, is slowly adjusting to a new life in Spain.
"It is not easy to join a society quickly because everything is different," said Bayat, who came to Spain with her husband Ramesh Naik after they received offers to play for Bidaideak BSR Bilbao, a mixed gender professional basketball team.
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