A wheelchair basketball tournament in Kabul recently brought together players from Mazar-i Sharif, Kabul, Herat and Maimana. The ICRC organized the event, in close collaboration with the Afghan Para-Olympic Committee, is part of the ICRC’s long-running effort to promote the social reintegration of people with disabilities. The ICRC has been involved in limb fitting, rehabilitation and the social reintegration of disabled people in Afghanistan since 1988, helping landmine victims, people with a motor impairment and others.
The games were furious and fast. The Herat team (in blue), seen here playing in one of the knockout rounds, made it through to the finals.