Taliban bans IPL broadcast in Afghanistan due to ‘anti-Islam content’
1 min readBroadcast of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been banned in Afghanistan by the country’s new Taliban government, consistent with reports. Top Afghanistan cricketers like Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi and Mujeeb ur Rahman are participating in IPL 2021.
The IPL 2021 season resumed within the United Arab Emirates – which is additionally an Islamic state – on Sunday (September 19) with a game between Chennai Super Kings and defending champions Mumbai Indians.
Former Afghanistan Cricket Board media manager M Ibrahim Momand tweeted stating that thanks to possible anti-Islam content, girls dancing and therefore the attendance of barred hair women within the Islamic Emirates of the Taliban, IPL broadcast has been banned within the country.
Other journalists from the country also reported that the Taliban government had banned the IPL being broadcast.
uring the extremists’ brutal and oppressive regime from 1996 to 2001, women were completely banned from playing any sport while men’s sport was tightly controlled. Women were also largely banned from education and work.
Many Afghan women and women’s rights activists globally fear a repeat of such policies after the group toppled the US-backed government last month.
Last week, Afghanistan’s new sports chief said that the Taliban will allow 400 sports – but declined to confirm if women can play a single one. “Please don’t ask more questions about women,” Bashir Ahmad Rustamzai told news agency AFP.
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