• Afghanistan women's volleyball team spin balls after training for the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, last year. All photos: Reuters
    Afghanistan women's volleyball team spin balls after training for the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, last year. All photos: Reuters
  • Freshta Karimi showing her tattoo of a volleyball player
    Freshta Karimi showing her tattoo of a volleyball player
  • Mursal Khedri, 24, a member of the volleyball team, who lives in Pakistan, practises to sharpen her skills
    Mursal Khedri, 24, a member of the volleyball team, who lives in Pakistan, practises to sharpen her skills
  • A good warm-up is all-important
    A good warm-up is all-important
  • The team encourage each other to out in a solid performance
    The team encourage each other to out in a solid performance
  • Mursal Khedri and Negin Mohammadi are on the ball
    Mursal Khedri and Negin Mohammadi are on the ball
  • Preparing to serve
    Preparing to serve
  • Keeping in shape
    Keeping in shape
  • The women are especially keen to put Afghanistan on the world volleyball map
    The women are especially keen to put Afghanistan on the world volleyball map
  • They feel persecuted in their homeland so the sport provides a useful outlet
    They feel persecuted in their homeland so the sport provides a useful outlet

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Afghanistan women's volleyball team train ahead of Asian Games - in pictures

The rescheduled tournament is taking place in Hangzhou, China from September 23 to October 8

The National

September 28, 2023

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Updated: September 28, 2023, 12:49 PM