Afghan taekwondo champion Marzia Hamidi speaks out about the Afghan cricket team’s ties to the Taliban, the death threats she received after calling for a boycott, and the struggles of women in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. She shares her journey of fleeing Afghanistan, living under police protection in Paris, and why she refuses to stay silent. Watch this powerful interview!
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00:00A very warm welcome to all the viewers of MyKhelen1India.
00:05Well, while cricket has again taken the center stage because of the just concluded ICC Champions Trophy,
00:13but in some small parts of the world, cricket and sports in general has still incurred some rot from a few marginalized sections of the society.
00:25While the Afghan men's team, of course, has done quite well in cricket in recent times and they've also brought accolades for Afghanistan,
00:35but a woman counterpart had to flee Afghanistan because of the diktat from the Taliban regime.
00:41And today we have with us a Taekwondo champion from Afghanistan who, like any other female athlete, had to flee Afghanistan to pursue her own sports dream.
00:51On the mat, she can flatten any opponent with her vicious kicks.
00:55And outside the mat, she has been fighting for the rights of women in general in Afghanistan.
01:01Welcome to our show, Marzia Hamidi. Thank you so much for coming in.
01:04And of course, we have so much to talk to.
01:09Thank you so much for having me. It's a pleasure for me to be here and to talk about more details and big issues,
01:17especially what the Afghan cricket team is doing.
01:20And for me, it's important to be here and to raise awareness and to send a message of Afghanistan women to Indian people.
01:31Thank you. Thank you so much, Marzia.
01:33So you have you have been a refugee in France from 2021, right?
01:42Because you had to pursue your own dreams in sports, which is, of course, not allowed in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime.
01:51And it just so happened that you took a stance saying that just like the Afghan men's team, the women's cricket team also should be allowed to play likewise.
02:04And that's when all hell broke loose.
02:07And, you know, and then you started getting phone calls, WhatsApp messages, some 5000 phone calls and WhatsApp messages saying,
02:14you know, giving you death threats and rape threats and whatnot.
02:19I'm sure it's been it must have been some horrifying experience for you in the last few months or so, right?
02:25Yes. Well, when I say that the Afghan cricket team do not represent Afghanistan women and people of Afghanistan,
02:33and they are representing terrorist Taliban on international platform.
02:38After that, the fans started attacking me and they started calling me, threatening me with death and rape threats.
02:45And this happened in September, since September.
02:49Until now, I'm under the police protection and I have built my life in Paris to have a good life and to be in peace.
02:58But unfortunately, these people take all my safety and my freedom.
03:03But I'm not regret, as I said, I'm proud of my fight.
03:08And I think it was a moment to talk about it, to say that what they are doing,
03:13because it's not just that they are just coming back from competition and take photo with Taliban as an athlete.
03:19They have a private dinner together. They spend nights together.
03:23And we all know what's going on with them. And even there was a video of all of the cricket members.
03:29They were saying that, yes, the goal is to represent Taliban.
03:33We aim for that. We are doing our best to represent you.
03:37They were saying this to the Taliban leader when they had lunch.
03:41And I think that was this is clear, like what is the position?
03:44They are not with people. They are not with women.
03:46Afghanistan is in a horrible situation and is the only country in the world where being a woman is a crime.
03:52This is gender apartheid. What is going on against women in Afghanistan is a crime against humanity.
03:58And plus, there is many, many, many issues in Afghanistan that is more than gender equality, gender apartheid that is happening.
04:06But cricket athletes, they close their eyes to all of this crime, all of this corruption, and they stand by terrorists.
04:15And it's always like this. Each time the government change in Afghanistan, cricket team, they just stand by politicians.
04:21They just stand with the corrupt system. They never stand by people.
04:25And I spoke out. I was like, OK, it's enough. People should wake up and to see what is their position.
04:31They are not. They don't care about us. Why do we have to support them?
04:35Why do they have to say they are a national team? They are not a national team anymore.
04:38Who is this national team? What is this nation? It's me, my sisters and many, many other people.
04:46So because of that, my life is in danger because cricket is a very important sport for people in Afghanistan.
04:53And it's like the only sport that they are very good on international level.
04:57And because of that, they were like, OK, this girl, she's first, she's a free woman.
05:04She lives in Europe. She doesn't live in our standards.
05:09And plus she's talking about a cricket team like this. OK, it's enough. We have to stop her.
05:15But they couldn't succeed and they will never succeed because I am more brave, more than what they think.
05:23And I will never stop this fight. And for me, it's really important that not only people of Afghanistan,
05:29people of India, Pakistan, all the countries that they have a good cricket team, they have to boycott this team.
05:35For example, India must stop playing with the athletes that they don't represent the same values.
05:41You know, it's hard to see that how they are growing and how the ICC and other players are closing their eyes
05:51about this Afghan cricket team, that how they are normalizing terrorists.
05:56Because in the sport is about peace, but what they are doing is not peace.
06:00There is no peace with terrorists. And as you know, because of apartheid in South Africa,
06:06South Africa has been banned many times from Olympic. I think two or three times they have been banned.
06:13And this must be for cricket team of Afghanistan, too, because if it's about equal fight for human rights,
06:22so it should be for Afghanistan, too, because general apartheid is a big issue in Afghanistan.
06:27And as I said, it's more than general apartheid. There is many things going on.
06:31They are brainwashing young kids in Afghanistan. It's many things going on.
06:36But I speak for women's rights more because in the history of Afghanistan, it has always been women victims.
06:44So, yes, all of this happened to me simply just say I said boycott Afghan cricket team and they don't represent people of Afghanistan.
06:56Now, talking about Rashid Khan, because we just mentioned about the Afghan men's team still playing cricket.
07:05And while Rashid Khan, I mean, you did mention that he was in a photo shoot with a few Taliban officials, I guess.
07:15But at the same time, I also found Rashid Khan, who, of course, happens to be one of my favorite cricketers.
07:22He also had somewhere tweeted, I think, saying that women's cricket team in Afghanistan should be allowed to play.
07:32So do you think it's a kind of a paying a lip service?
07:37Yes. First of all, I want to make something clear.
07:42Even though we allow and we recognize a woman's team out of Afghanistan, it doesn't mean that we should not boycott cricket.
07:49This is totally separate because first of all, the sport has been banned for girls in Afghanistan.
07:56And if the cricket team and girls team want to represent Afghanistan out of the country, it's totally different.
08:02What cricket men's team are doing, they're normalizing terrorists.
08:06Even though we give the platform to the girls, even they compete as for me, they should not represent their team as a refugee team.
08:15They must compete as an Afghanistan team.
08:18And second, if they, OK, ICC recognize them, perfect.
08:23But it doesn't mean we should close our eyes to the normalizing of terrorism by cricket team Afghan men.
08:30So this is what I don't understand why some people are saying that, OK, girls, if they can compete, so men, it's OK.
08:37No, it's totally different.
08:39We want to girls compete, but the girls are not normalizing terrorists.
08:44But cricket men's team, they are normalizing terrorists and is more than normalizing.
08:48And their goal is to represent Taliban.
08:50I swear, like if tomorrow ICC tell them that you can raise the flag of Taliban, they will do.
08:56But officially, they are not allowed to do that yet.
08:59But if tomorrow they say you can do that, they're going to do that.
09:02I'm sure this is there is no doubt about that, because when they sit, they eat together.
09:06How we can eat with terrorists that they have?
09:09OK.
09:10They kill millions of people.
09:12Oshad Khan was sitting next to Anas Haqqani.
09:15Who is Anas Haqqani?
09:17He is a terrorist.
09:18He killed many, many of our loved ones in Afghanistan by the name of jihad.
09:23He killed all of them.
09:25And he was in charge of all the interior bomb attacks in Afghanistan.
09:29So this is not sport.
09:31And people must wake up.
09:33We have to know.
09:34We have to make it clear what is a sport.
09:36Maybe for them is also like this.
09:38Maybe they don't care what is going on for the women's right in Afghanistan and to the people.
09:44And I think they must not miss this.
09:49Even the ICC allow and recognize women's team, female athletes.
09:56They have to boycott Afghan men's team because they are normalizing Taliban.
10:01And it's not now.
10:03It's been three years that they are doing that.
10:05They are doing more than that.
10:07And with this kind of tweet of Rashad Khan, it's just a game.
10:13He thinks he can take photos with terrorists.
10:16He can be friends with them.
10:17He can normalize them.
10:18And then he writes a tweet, oh, let's support girls' team.
10:23We are not stupid.
10:26We know what's your game.
10:27We know you don't care about anything.
10:29We know you don't care about women's right.
10:31Because if you care, you would never sit on the same table and to eat with terrorists.
10:37So gender apartheid in Afghanistan, it's obviously it's a very serious subject, right?
10:43Now, even in a place like India, like we've got a state called Haryana, where it is believed that the women in Haryana are quite subjected to oppression in terms of not giving equal rights to women.
10:58They're always oppressed and stuff like that.
11:01But having said so, we have the best of female wrestlers from Haryana, world champions.
11:06I'm talking about very top-notch wrestlers.
11:08I'm not talking about national level wrestlers.
11:10A few of them have been Olympic champions, world champions, so to say, from Haryana, female wrestlers I'm talking about.
11:16And so I guess there was a few male voice who stood up, even in an imperfect ecosystem that, hey, let's have a debate, even though I'm sure that debate was an imperfect one.
11:29So is there any chance of that happening in a place like Afghanistan, where maybe a few male can still stand up to the Taliban and say that, hey, let us allow the women to play?
11:40Or it's just not possible because maybe the next thing will happen is that they are jailed or whatever.
11:46I mean, is it at all possible for a few group of, I'm sure there are a few people in Afghanistan who want to voice it out, supporting the women, you know, teams playing sports and stuff like that, going to the colleges, which is again not allowed.
12:02So do you think it could be allowed in some parts or it's just not possible, saying in Afghanistan and raise your voice against the Taliban regime?
12:13To be honest, most of the time people say like, oh, even I have seen women, some of them, they were saying this, oh, for men it's different.
12:22If they talk, they're going to go to jail, they're going to kill them. But women also are in the jail now.
12:27Women who protest, women who stand up against the service and they said we want our freedom back, they are also in the jail.
12:37But if they don't stand, if they don't take the risk, it means they don't care about women's rights.
12:42And it is like this. Unfortunately, most of men in Afghanistan, like I can say 80%, 90% of men in Afghanistan, like they don't care what's going on for women.
12:54It's not an important thing because, as I said before, the Taliban, we had also a women's rights issue.
13:00And in most of the villages, most of the cities, women were not allowed to go to school.
13:04It was not Taliban, it was families, it was brothers, fathers, husbands.
13:08So this problem has deep roots in Afghanistan, unfortunately.
13:14And we should not mistake about it and to say it's just only because Taliban took the power.
13:19This issue is from a long time ago, more than 25 years.
13:23But if now men are really silent and they don't care, it's because they don't care, to be honest.
13:30Because how you can stay silent and how you can close your eyes and to see, I don't go for just your sister, your mother, your wife,
13:39they're suffering under this oppression and how you can just close your eyes and to say, oh, I'm afraid.
13:47So we have to choose between, for everything, you know, if you want to fight for your freedom, that will cost.
13:54Nobody can give you your freedom. It's not something free, you have to fight for that.
13:58And women of Afghanistan, since the Taliban took power, they stand up.
14:02They were in the streets of Kabul, they were protesting and they showed to the world that they want their freedom back.
14:07There was no one by their side in the manifestation when they started and even now.
14:13So I want to say from here that women of Afghanistan, they're really alone.
14:17Even the men, most of the men, they don't support them and it's only them.
14:21And they're fighting against a terrorist regime that they really don't trust.
14:27They don't care about anyone and they just kill people.
14:30And we need to support them. We need to be their voice.
14:33I think the big boycott of cricket team is one of the ways to support them because this team is normalizing gender and this team.
14:44Because I have seen many people that are like, oh, Afghanistan is in a good situation because I see they have a team competing.
14:50They think Afghanistan is a good situation because there is a team competing.
14:54But this is not the reality of Afghanistan.
14:58They are just a special group of people that they have this privileged life.
15:02They have a good life because they are with terrorists.
15:05And of course, they're going to represent and be in a good life.
15:08But women are alone in Afghanistan.
15:11And I think they deserve to have a voice and they deserve to have their rights.
15:15And the most important is one of that is sports because sport has a power.
15:21And these people are going in big platforms and normalizing Taliban.
15:26True, true. Now talking about the threat to your life and everything bad that's happening around.
15:34Of course, I guess your phone number was made public.
15:40It leaked somewhere and then those people started calling you and threatening you, whatever.
15:46And now you are, of course, under police protection there in Paris.
15:49You also got a bodyguard, I guess.
15:53So these people, I'm sure that there are investigations going on.
15:57So these people, are they from Paris, France or somewhere from Europe or maybe from Afghanistan?
16:04Where are these people mostly from?
16:06Well, most of them, they are from Afghanistan.
16:13They are not French or Italian or German.
16:19I'm talking about the residents.
16:25The number they called me, it was from France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, UK, USA, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, even Indian number.
16:37They were texting me from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, from all, you know, like even from Malaysia.
16:44And from some countries, they sent me a message that I was not thinking even any Afghans live there, you know.
16:50The number that I received, I was shocked.
16:52And even they add me in some group of WhatsApp that it was so scary.
16:56Like they were like full of terrorists.
16:58And I was like, oh my God, what's going on in my number?
17:01Where I am? What is this group?
17:03They add me, you know, and it was, I'm sure it was organized because it's not possible.
17:10When I received the first call, I started receiving nonstop calls in five minutes.
17:16And one night, I received 500 messages and calls.
17:20And when the police called my phone, he was like, what's going on?
17:23I said, I don't know. I'm here to know what's going on.
17:26So, I'm sorry to say that, but even most of the fan of cricket, they behave like Taliban.
17:33I'm sorry to say that, but as you see, they don't respect the freedom of speech.
17:37They don't respect women.
17:39Because when I just talk about the reality, even what I said is not something that, you know, I talk bad things.
17:48You know, it's about the reality.
17:50The reality is that they are normalizing a group of terrorists.
17:53And then they start attacking me because simply I said they are not representing people of Afghanistan.
17:59So, these people are really dangerous, not even for me.
18:03They are dangerous for anyone who speaks out.
18:07I am the one of example.
18:09If another woman or even a man speaks out against these kind of things, against cricket, they're going to do anything.
18:18And a few weeks ago, the fan of cricket attacked a man in London, an Afghan man who spoke out against them.
18:27They attacked him at his home with a knife.
18:31So, I was lucky that the French government, French police, they protected me the first day when I received calls.
18:38And they are really taking care of me, my freedom and my safety.
18:42But there are many people that say they don't have protection.
18:45So, what about the freedom of speech and the people who are talking about the issues and their life is in danger?
18:54Okay.
18:55Now, one very important thing maybe is that.
19:01So, what is the solution then?
19:03Because see, for example, a few like-minded people like you always wanted to express yourself through your sports or be in any other field, right?
19:11Somehow you had the guts to really come out of Afghanistan.
19:14Then you took that risk on your own life.
19:18And then you being a refugee, of course, you're still pursuing your dreams and trying to make it more fruitful.
19:24Which, of course, would not have been possible staying in Afghanistan.
19:27So, likewise, I've also interviewed with Kimia Yusufi before, who was an Olympic athlete.
19:33But again, she couldn't stay in Afghanistan and represent Afghanistan.
19:37She had to stay somewhere else and then participate on behalf of Afghanistan.
19:42So, a few people can do that, right?
19:44But how about those women staying in Afghanistan?
19:49You know, they obviously can't do even if they want to.
19:53So, what is the solution?
19:54I mean, I guess it's again a very temporary solution for a person like you, you know, who is fighting not only for your own rights, but also, I mean, fighting for the rights of the women staying in Afghanistan, right?
20:07But that's going to be only a few thousand.
20:09It can't be so many, right?
20:11So, what is the solution then?
20:13I mean, is it going to, of course, you will, you know, you will let your voice be heard through platforms like this or through UNESCO, you know, or through different, you know, tournaments that you've been playing.
20:28But what about those people, those women still saying they're in Afghanistan, not able to play sport, not able to go to college, you know, schools and colleges still not open for girls and women.
20:41So, what is the solution then?
20:43Well, to be honest, it's a challenging question because, you know, like politics in Afghanistan, it's like so bad that it's so difficult to talk about many things.
20:56But to be honest, first, I want to say it's better to close the schools, to be closed because we don't want our young girls to go to madrasa.
21:09I don't want them to go there and to be brainwashed by the Taliban and to learn what the Taliban learned in their madrasa, you know.
21:16So, it's a very dark situation. It's a very bad situation.
21:20Like, I cannot even imagine how the young girls are living.
21:24I was stuck five months, almost five months in Afghanistan when the Taliban came.
21:28I was dying every day, you know.
21:31I know the pain in my heart.
21:34I feel it. I feel them.
21:35It's very hard.
21:36Every day you wake up, you are like, okay, there is no freedom.
21:39I have to stay at home all the day.
21:41It's very hard.
21:42But there is one thing also that we don't want to live with this regime.
21:48You know what I mean?
21:49I don't want to open schools like madrasa.
21:53And you know what I mean?
21:55They give me freedom, but in fact, it's not freedom.
21:58It's another way of oppressing the society, you know.
22:01So, it's a difficult question.
22:04But the thing is that we have to fight against this regime.
22:08And the international community must recognize gender apartheid.
22:11And also, they should stop legitimizing a regime that has raised women, you know, in Afghanistan.
22:19And I don't know what the politics are going to do with the Taliban, to be honest.
22:24Because it's very, very complicated.
22:26But in my view, what we can do out of the country is to recognize gender apartheid,
22:31to give online education to the young girls in Afghanistan,
22:34underground schools, even if we can give them some scholarships,
22:38because we cannot take millions of girls out of the country.
22:41It's their country.
22:42We have to be there and to be free there.
22:44So, I think the best is to give them online education, scholarships, underground schools,
22:51you know, to educate them in a good way, but also to keep them safe, you know.
22:56It's a bit challenging, but we can do with many NGOs, you know, like international community,
23:01like all of them, if they want, they can help.
23:04And for athletes, it's very difficult because Taliban, they will never allow women to do sport.
23:10The one way is to leave the country, but how they can leave?
23:15Because even they cannot leave the house without a man.
23:19They are not allowed to walk in the city without a man.
23:22So, I'm not in the position to say they can do that, they can do that.
23:26No, I cannot, because it's dangerous.
23:29It's dangerous, you know.
23:31If they want to take action, the Taliban will arrest them.
23:35And, you know, as you know, there is forced marriage, like many things going on against women in Afghanistan.
23:40And I don't say that they have to do this.
23:43But what we can do out of the country is to recognize gender apartheid.
23:47It's not possible to recognize Taliban anymore because gender apartheid is a big issue
23:52and they will never be recognized as an official government.
23:55Because of that, we are fighting a lot to address this to the international community
24:00and to push them to recognize it as soon as possible because women are suffering more than three years.
24:05And it's enough, you know, and we need justice for Afghan women inside of Afghanistan.
24:13It's a very complicated situation.
24:15Yeah.
24:16I know, I mean, it's difficult.
24:20Okay.
24:21You're anyway under a lot of fire.
24:23Let's add a little bit of more fire.
24:26Can I have a few rapid fire questions?
24:29Yeah.
24:31You're anyway used to the fire, so I don't think it needs going on.
24:34I'm always under fire.
24:36For you, it's like nothing but fire.
24:42Your favorite fighter?
24:43You're a Taekwondo champion, of course, so I'm sure you would be following a lot of different sports,
24:50combat sports, or it could be any other sport as well.
24:54But when it comes to a fighter, maybe from a combat sport, who would you pick?
24:58Your favorite one.
25:01In Taekwondo or in any field?
25:03Any combat sports.
25:06It could be wrestling, it could be boxing, it could be anything.
25:09It could be Taekwondo, of course, yeah.
25:12Well, for me, to be honest, I appreciate all the women's athletes.
25:22For me, they are my inspiration.
25:24All of them from different countries, different sports, you know.
25:28I really respect that.
25:30I don't have a special person, like a special one, but I can say like all of them,
25:36all of them, they have a story to tell.
25:38Because, you know, in sports, it's always a challenge to be an athlete in a high-level sport.
25:45I respect all of them, and they are my example.
25:49I always learn from them.
25:51They are always strong, because it's not easy to make it on the level of Olympia and sports championships.
25:58But there is one athlete, I'm not really a fan of football, to be honest,
26:03because for me, it's a more male sport.
26:07Football, you say?
26:09Football.
26:10I'm not a fan of that, to be honest.
26:13But I really appreciate Nadia Nadim.
26:17She's from Afghanistan.
26:20She was also a refugee, and now she's the best football player in the world.
26:25I'm really inspired by her, because I know it's not easy to make all of this special
26:31when you are from Afghanistan.
26:33You know, your identity can hurt you most of the time, because they see you,
26:38oh, she's Afghan, oh, she's like this, you know.
26:41It's a bit different.
26:42And also Didi Drogba.
26:44Drogba, yeah.
26:45I met him also.
26:47Oh, is it? Okay, yeah.
26:49The reason that I really respect him is because he is the reason that war stopped in his country.
26:55Ah, yeah.
26:56And this is what I'm saying sport is about.
27:00Imagine he's a positive athlete.
27:04He's the reason that the war stopped.
27:06This is so big.
27:08But my athletes, my country, my athletes from my country, they are normalizing terrorists.
27:15You know, have you seen how different?
27:18So because of that, I'm always saying that if they really love the country,
27:22especially athletes, because we are always passionate about our sport,
27:25because, you know, you fight, you train hard.
27:28It's important to represent your country.
27:30And when people like Russia come and they do that, I'm like,
27:34they have no excuse to normalize a terrorist group, you know.
27:39So because of that, I'm still fighting against that,
27:42because I see someone like Didi Drogba, how he's bringing peace.
27:47And still now, he's doing everything to bring peace everywhere
27:52and to help every people that they are in a bad situation.
27:57You know, other countries to help them through sport.
27:59This is what is sport.
28:01And, yes, for me, Didi Drogba, like, I appreciate what he did through sport, you know.
28:08But normally, I'm inspired by my mother, you know.
28:14Oh, yeah, of course.
28:16But sport I always learn, you know, I always listen to the story of athletes.
28:21Michael Jordan, for example, when I listen to him, he really inspire me.
28:26Like, he has a very strong mentality.
28:28And, yes, I think all athletes, they have a different story
28:32and they can inspire us in a different way.
28:34One word or one adjective that you have to use,
28:38if you really have to define, so to say, for the current Taliban government in Afghanistan,
28:45what it would be, one word or one adjective?
28:50One word for the Taliban?
28:52Yeah.
28:53You know, and they will never stay in Afghanistan.
28:57One day they will be out of this country.
29:00And the justice will win, you know, because we are fighting for that.
29:05Okay.
29:06You're hopeful and positive, yeah.
29:08That's great, yeah.
29:12Freedom versus fame, which one would you choose?
29:16Freedom versus fame.
29:20You're chasing both of them at the moment, fame and freedom.
29:24Which one would you choose if you have only one option between these two?
29:30Fame and freedom?
29:32Yeah.
29:35Freedom.
29:37Okay.
29:38Because I can't live without freedom, to be honest.
29:42For me, it's very important for me.
29:45Even sometimes when I feel like, even when I'm doing something,
29:49or, you know, there is some work, or even if I feel that my freedom is in danger,
29:56I go crazy.
29:59For me, my freedom is very important.
30:01Yeah.
30:06Coming out of the rapid fire, I'm trying to be a little bit more sane.
30:10In a sense, one last line that you'd like to, I mean,
30:16one last line for all the women out there in Afghanistan,
30:19you know, trying to make a life out of themselves,
30:23trying to fight for their own freedom.
30:25What would be, you know, your words for them?
30:32I mean, what do you like to say to tell all those women out there in Afghanistan?
30:38I want to say that, first of all, I want to say they are really strong,
30:45and they are my inspiration, and they are inspiration for all women around the world.
30:50Because their resistance is an inspiration for me,
31:00because this needs courage to stand against a regime
31:05that tries to make your life dark and to make you invisible.
31:11And for me, they are my example.
31:14And I want to say that we started this fight, and we will win.
31:19Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not in one month,
31:23but at the end of the day, we will win.
31:25Because, as I said, injustice will never win.
31:29And women of Afghanistan are very strong, and they are fighting for that.
31:34And they will achieve their freedom.
31:37And we do our best to be their voice.
31:41We don't forget them. We will never forget them.
31:44Because we are apart, we are out of the country,
31:47but every day we think about them.
31:49We fight for their rights, and together we will win this fight.
31:53We will win against all of these people who are trying to oppress us.
32:01Okay, great words, great sentence.
32:05Thank you so much, Marzia, for coming in.
32:08It was really a wonderful talk to you.
32:11And we wish you that you will continue with this good fight that you think is right.
32:16And keep on inspiring others as well.
32:19And, of course, we also wish you all the best for your sporting journey, taekwondo.
32:24Keep on fighting, both on and off the mat.
32:29Because you're doing both things at the same time, right?
32:32One, fighting your opponents, giving some good kicks.
32:36And then again, once you're out of the mat, you're again fighting for women's rights in Afghanistan.
32:45So I know it's not an easy task.
32:49So there is a long battle ahead of you, and I'm sure you'll only get stronger from here.
32:54And all the very best for the rest of your life.
32:57And, yes, thank you so much for coming in again.
33:01And also inspiring so many others as well.
33:03Thank you so much for having me.
33:06And I hope people watch this and let's stand together and to change things.
33:13And I really want people of India to support this fight, especially for boycott of Afghan cricket.
33:21And, yes, thank you so much.
33:24Thank you so much. Thanks, Mayur.
33:26Thank you. Bye.