The Afghanistan flag was carried by a volunteer at Tuesday's opening ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympics with athletes from the country unable to take part due to the situation in their homeland.The International Paralympic Committee had hoped that a representative of the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees would carry the flag into the National Stadium during the opening event, a gesture to show "solidarity" with the absent Afghan athletes and others in the Central Asian country.IPC spokesman Craig Spence told a press conference hours before the ceremony that the committee has …READ FULL ARTICLE
