Table tennis scores high with Afghan women

Name: Table tennis scores high with Afghan women
Uploaded: 2012-05-14T15:28:44.000Z
Duration: 1 min 43 s
Description: Afghan women are more and more taking part in sports in public since the fall of the Taliban 10 years ago.

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Afghan women have slowly been participating in sports in public since the fall of Taliban rule 10 years ago.

Women in the northern province of Balkh have been taking a shine to table tennis in particular.

Karen Zarindast reports.

Video produced by BBC Persian's Tahir Qadiri.

Asia

14 May 2012