Cricket Australia withdraws men's team from one-day international series against Afghanistan to protest Taliban's restriction on women's and girls' rights to education
Australia's men's team has withdrawn from their one-day international series against Afghanistan in March following further restrictions on women's and girls' rights imposed by the Taliban, Cricket Australia has said.
Girls have been banned from high school since March. They have also been excluded from parks and gyms. Australia and Afghanistan were scheduled to play three ODIs in the United Arab Emirates, but CA scrapped the series after "extensive consultation" with stakeholders, including the Australian government.
Australia were scheduled to play a Test match against Afghanistan in November 2021 but the fixture was postponed after the Taliban seized power in August of that year.
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