Taliban does not recognize women on Afghan Olympic team: sport official

Afghanistan's Taliban government does not recognize the three female athletes who will represent the country at the Paris Olympic Games this month, a spokesman for their sports department said.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has invited a squad of six Afghan athletes -- three women and three men -- in consultation with Afghanistan's largely exiled national Olympic committee.

"Only three athletes are representing Afghanistan," said Atal Mashwani, the spokesman of the Taliban government's sports directorate...