Most players were maimed in explosions while others suffer from diseases like polio 0SHARES Share Tweet Email A member of Afghanistan’s women’s wheelchair basketball team (in black) battles for the ball against Cambodia during the qualifying tournament for the Asia Para Games in Bangkok. PHOTO: AFP An explosion tore through Nilofar Bayat’s leg when she was just two, but as she spins her wheelchair across a basketball court in Bangkok, the Afghan sportswoman is determined to turn her story from tragedy to triumph. The 23-year-old captain of the Afghan women’s wheelchair basketball team is in Thailand this week in a bid to qualify for the Asian Para Games for the first time. “This is a big job. When I come, I represent Afghanistan in other countries. I want to show that Afghanistan is not just Taliban,” said Bayat, who lost her brother in the same attack that resulted in the loss of her leg. Her life reflects the squad’s remarkable journey against a backdrop of unrelenting violence. A member of Afghanistan’s women’s wheelchair basketball team (in blue) plays against Thailand during a training session in the coastal province of Chonburi. PHOTO: AFP When the International Committee for the Red Cross… Read full this story
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