Afghani Women: Trade your Taekwondo for Silat
5 min readOct 21, 2021
When you are risking everything, learn to fight effectively
The Taliban are prohibiting women from studying martial arts. According to the Guardian (Sept. 23, 2021), women have been banned from engaging in public sports of any kind. This means Afghan women who were practicing Taekwondo, participating in tournaments, hoping to represent Afghanistan…