Amid the fear and turmoil in Afghanistan, the country’s two Paralympic athletes have been prevented from traveling to the Games in Tokyo that begin next week.
A day after the Afghanistan Paralympic Committee said its two athletes would not participate because of the difficulty in getting out of the country, one of them, Zakia Khudadadi, a taekwondo athlete, released a video pleading for help.
In the video released Tuesday from Kabul, Khudadadi said, in a translation by Reuters: “I am currently imprisoned inside the house. I cannot even go outside around this house with confidence.”
“My intention is to participate in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.