England won’t boycott Afghanistan game despite Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’
- Posted on February 6, 2025
- By The Guardian
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England won’t boycott Afghanistan game despite Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’
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ECB chair Richard Thompson condemns ‘oppression of women and girls’ in Afghanistan but he insists a ‘unilateral boycott’ is not the right policy