Poking at prejudice, Afghan women take up fencing
Updated on Mar 17, 2017 10:54 am IST
Young women in the Afghan capital are learning fencing as they try to sway opinions over women taking part in activities outside the home. The art of fencing is relatively new to Afghanistan. Young women in Kabul are learning the art of fencing to prove that the sport does not belong to men, alone. Although there are infrastructural constraints but the determined lot are finding a way around to learn the sport.
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