Female Afghan Paralympic competitor pleads for help to reach Tokyo

Zakia Khudadadi, who was poised to become Afghanistan's first female Paralympic athlete, has released a video pleading for help in reaching the Tokyo Games from the Afghan capital of Kabul after the Taliban captured the city.Khudadadi, a 23-year-old from Herat, who competes in para-taekwondo, said she is now "imprisoned inside the house," with relatives in Kabul, where the airport has been a scene of utter chaos as Afghans seek to flee the country.The Taliban, which imposed a brutal rule that included severe restrictions on women in the late 1990s, vowed Tuesday through a spokesman to allow…READ FULL ARTICLE