Afghan girls join boxing club in Kabul

An Afghan female boxer practises in a boxing club in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Feb. 21, 2019 . Nearly three dozen Afghan girls have joined a boxing club in the relatively secure Afghan capital Kabul after an Islamic State group-claimed suicide bombing killed scores of athletes at a wrestling center last year. TO GO WITH Feature: Afghan girls eager to practise boxing for self-defense (Xihua/Rahmat Alizadah)