England will play its ICC Champions Cup against Afghanistan, although the ECB calls for a boycott of the device.
A group of more than 160 politicians signed a letter that encourages England to boycott Lahore on Wednesday and to attack the Taliban regime against women’s rights.
Women’s participation in sports was effectively illegally, as Taliban returned to 2021.
ECB President Richard Thompson describes the situation in Afghanistan as a “gender apartheid situation”, which could only be resolved a coordinated international response, not one-sided withdrawal.
“Today the ECB Council discussed the latest calls for England to boycott the forthcoming Cup of men’s champions due to a wide violation of women’s rights in Taliban,” Tompson said Thursday.
“What is happening in Afghanistan is not less than gender apartheid. And girls are getting more on the Taliban.
“The Council realizes that there are different views and opinions about the boycott of the meeting and are carefully contacted by the government, international cribs, and other stakeholders, as well as the best ECB can support women crickets. who fled from Afghanistan.
“After that, we remain a comprehensive international response to the CRICKETING COMMUNITY and reach the ECB to boycott this meeting, while we also heard the regular Afghans, watching their cricket team. one of the rest of the quantities. As such, we can confirm that we will play this german. “
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