Afghan Paralympian beats the odds to compete in Tokyo

A Tokyo 2020 volunteer symbolically carried the Afghan flag during the Games opening ceremony, with no athletes on the ground to take part

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Afghan Paralympian beats the odds to compete in Tokyo
By NewVision Reporter
Journalists @NewVision
#Paralympic Games #Afghanistan

After a dramatic evacuation from Taliban-held Kabul and a secret operation to fly him to Tokyo, Afghan Paralympian Hossain Rasouli beat the odds on Tuesday to compete in the long

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