The 2021 IPL season in the United Arab Emirates – which is also the Islamic State – will start on Sunday 19th.

Former Afghan Cricket Council media director Mr Ibrahim Momand tweeted that IPL broadcasts have been banned due to possible anti-Islamic content, girls dancing and the presence of trimmed-haired women in the Taliban’s Islamic emirate in the country.

Afghan nationals will not broadcast @IPL As usual, the game, which will continue tonight, is banned by the Taliban Islamic emirate due to possible anti-Islamic content, girls dancing and the presence of women with hair on ️. #CSKvMI pic.twitter.com/dmPZ3rrKn6

– M.ibrahim Momand (@IbrahimReporter) September 19, 2021

Other journalists in the country have also reported that the Taliban government has banned IPL broadcasts.

Ridiculous: The Taliban have banned Indian Premier League (IPL) broadcasts in Afghanistan.
The Taliban have warned that Afghan media should not broadcast the Indian Cricket League because of the girls’ dancing and the presence of women and spectators in the stadiums.

– Fawad Aman (@ FawadAman2) September 21, 2021

Last week, Afghanistan’s new head of sports said the Taliban would allow 400 sports – but declined to confirm whether women could play just one. “Please do not ask any more questions about women,” Bashir Ahmad Rustamzai told the AFP news agency.

During the brutal and repressive extremist regime from 1996 to 2001, women were banned from all sports, while men’s sports were strictly controlled. Women are also largely excluded from education and work.

Many Afghan women and suffragettes around the world fear a repeat of this policy after the group toppled the US-backed government last month.

(With a contribution from the agency)