In order to continue her passion for sports, female Afghan lightweight boxing champion Seema Rezai was forced to go away Afghanistan after the Taliban issued death threats to her.
The member of the national female boxing team Ms Rezai told Sputnik that she decided to depart the homeland alone, without her family, as she wanted to continue her boxing training.
“When the Taliban seized Kabul in mid-August, i used to be at boxing training with my coach. on the other hand some people told the Taliban that there’s a woman who trains with a male coach, and that they sent me to home a written warning about the requirement to prevent training or continue boxing within the us, promising to kill if I don’t conform to do so,” Ms Rezai said.
Ms Rezai departed for Qatar on an evacuation flight and is currently awaiting a visa to the US, where she hopes to pursue her sports career, reported Sputnik.
Ms Rezai began to try to to boxing professionally at the age of 16. due to the family’s negative attitude towards her hobby, it absolutely was her coach that bought her training equipment.
Meanwhile, the Taliban has announced that only women wearing hijab and following sharia will have access to education and work.
