Friba Rezayee, the first woman to represent Afghanistan at the Olympics, has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ban Afghanistan due to the Taliban’s human rights record, Arab News reports on April 16. She has argued that under a such ban, Afghan women should still be allowed to participate as part of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team. “Given tons and tons of evidence about the Taliban, about their brutal treatment of women and children, they are very dangerous,” Rezayee, who now lives in Vancouver, Canada, stated. “If the IOC allows them to enter the Olympics at the heart of Europe, in Paris in 2024, it’s very dangerous for the people”, she added.