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Australia pulls out of Afghanistan cricket series over Taliban's restrictions on women

Australia pulls out of Afghanistan cricket series over Taliban's restrictions on women

Australia's men's cricket team has withdrawn from a series of upcoming matches against Afghanistan in protest over the ruling Taliban's restrictions on women and girls' education and employment, Cricket Australia (CA) said in a statement Thursday.

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