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Female ping pong star emerges in Afghanistan

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    Woman hopes to encourage other females throughout her country to get involved in sports

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-- -- from northern Afghanistan and he took of the sport of table tennis a couple of years ago.

It has excelled so much of the game that she is now a member of the Afghanistan national team.

And I think it constantly thank the commending.

Yeah.

That it's okay this week.

With the 2012 Olympics cost approaching Afghanistan and compete in a number of sports but unfortunately table tennis and I think one of them.

-- it is still a relatively new sports and practiced in only a handful of places.

-- province seems to be leading the way for table tennis and was the first -- to introduce a women's team.

It's increased interest without the increase -- facilities could be seen to have a detrimental effect.

-- -- -- -- Sending us as it doesn't happen to -- -- that they just got them up on this in the analyzes photos of anecdotal.

In any -- voices.

I think it there's still -- -- -- that -- that's human.

Shows you uses the sport on her position as it's what brings playa.

To encourage other women around Afghanistan and to sport.

Yeah he didn't -- this.

CNN.

News and instead and then -- this and it was.

Yeah yeah they -- -- Couldn't get yeah.

And Charles is greatest encouragement comes from the supports for the family and a more liberal way of viewing women in Afghanistan.

So much so that they will provide finance and also allowed sharp to get to travel to places like your round to compete in competitions.

Moment of not -- it didn't -- not monkey.

I hold my.

Outlets have been caught him when -- the lavish -- and he thought about buying -- cut.

But at buffalo and the -- it up on a whole Obama.

Sport for -- in Afghanistan has been well supported the likes of the national cricket team and the Taekwondo team have been very successful internationally.

Domestically even years -- to the fall of the Taliban women in sports still lags far behind.

Not that -- can't fit.

It was just yeah.

Yeah it's.

That's OK don't yeah.

-- It's.

I'm hitting it it's this could mean it's nice to meet him if this.

This is William -- -- for the ninety channel in Afghanistan.

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