Lausanne: All Afghan athletes who compete in the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics recently, and two hopes to qualify for the Beijing 2022 winter match, is “abroad”, President of the International Olympics (IOC), Thomas Bach said on Wednesday .
The temporary Taliban government began working in Afghanistan on Wednesday, after militant groups overthrew the US-backed administration on August 15.
Bach said the Afghan National Olympic Committee has expressed concern for its athletes on August 8, the Tokyo Olympic day of the closing ceremony.
“All athletes who participate in the Olympics and Paralympic in Tokyo 2020 are abroad,” he told reporters.
“Two winter sports athletes are also abroad and continue training, hoping to qualify for Beijing.” “Needless to say, given the situation, that there is a special focus on women and girls in the Olympic community,” Bach added.
He also said “a large number of members of the Olympic community in Afghanistan have received a humanitarian visa and can leave the country”.
It was seen because of the brutal rules and oppressive them from 1996 to 2001, the Taliban had promised a more inclusive government at this time.
However, all the top positions in the temporary government were handed over to the main leaders of the Hazqqani movement and network – the hardest fraction of the Taliban known for a devastating attack.