SEOUL -- If proposed boycotts against the Afghanistan men's cricket team in protest of the Taliban's treatment of women go ahead, then soccer is ready to step in to give the nation's sporting fans something to cheer.
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Afghanistan's Jabar Sharza in action against Qatar in Saudi Arabia on June 6, 2024. © Reuters
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