Afghan women’s team fume at training conditions


THE Afghanistan women’s volleyball team have lamented training conditions at the Asian Games and are concerned they will not be ready for an event where they are participating in defiance of the country’s Taliban rulers.

Khushal Malakzai, who runs the nation’s volleyball programme, said the team had not been able to practise on a court since arriving last Thursday and were confined to doing fitness work in the gym.

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