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Afghanistan sports
![Taliban Send All-Male Team to Asian Games But Afghan Women Come From Outside Taliban Send All-Male Team to Asian Games But Afghan Women Come From Outside](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-09-22-190751.jpg)
Taliban Send All-Male Team to Asian Games But Afghan Women Come From Outside
By David Rising
Two different teams are representing Afghanistan: the Taliban-approved team, and a team of diaspora athletes – including women – competing under the old flag.
![War-weary Afghan Youth Turn to Snowboarding for Thrills War-weary Afghan Youth Turn to Snowboarding for Thrills](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-02-06-4.jpg)
War-weary Afghan Youth Turn to Snowboarding for Thrills
By Associated Press
A group of young Afghans is looking to put the country on the winter sports map and change perceptions about their war-weary nation.
![Young Afghans Look to Mountain Biking as a Means to Transcend Conflict Young Afghans Look to Mountain Biking as a Means to Transcend Conflict](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-start-of-the-mens-race-eshaq-akrami.jpg)
Young Afghans Look to Mountain Biking as a Means to Transcend Conflict
By Ian J. Lynch
A broad collection of initiatives in Bamiyan and across the country aim to harness the potential of sports to develop community and resilience.
![Fight Night in Afghanistan Fight Night in Afghanistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-lds-3-image-1.jpg)
Fight Night in Afghanistan
By Michelle Tolson
Afghanistan’s mixed martial arts scene in the time of the Taliban.
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