Afghan Khudadadi first refugee to win Paralympic medal after chaotic journey

IMAGE: Zakia Khudadadi of Refugee Paralympic Team celebrates winning her Taekwondo women's K44-47kg Repechage fight against Turkey's Nurcihan Ekinci at Grand Palais, Paris, August 29, 2024.......

Afghan Paralympian makes debut after top-secret evacuation

IMAGE: Zakia Khudadadi of Afghanistan during her bout against Viktoriia Marchuk of Ukraine in the Women K44 -49kg Taekwondo quarter-final at the Paralympic Games in Chiba, Japan, on Thursday.......

Afghanistan's athletes arrive in Tokyo for Paralympics

IMAGE: Afghanistan's para athlete Zakia Khudadadi had made a video appeal for help to leave Kabul after the Taliban swept to power to compete in the Tokyo Paralympics. Photograph: Zakia Khudadadi......

Female Afghan athlete makes plea for help to get to Tokyo

IMAGE: In a video message from Kabul provided to Reuters by the APC's London-based Chef de Mission Arian Sadiqi, para-taekwondo athlete Zakia Khodadadi said that she felt "imprisoned", staying......