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The Pakistani Woman Ditching Her Burqa For The Boxing Ring


The Pakistani Woman Ditching Her Burqa For The Boxing Ring
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When Afsheen Javed arrives for training, she slips off her burqa and slips on the boxing gloves. She is the first female kickboxer in Bannu, a conservative city of around 1 million people in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, and has had to overcome many prejudices to pursue her passion.

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