England's Ollie Pope withdraws from Afghanistan Premier League draft over women's rights concerns
The England batter cites the Taliban’s treatment of women and girls as the reason for his withdrawal, while former teammate Dawid Malan remains in the draft.
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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 12 Oct 2026. BBC Sport published first, on 12 October at 15:13 UTC; Times of India followed 10h 10m later. The most recent article, from Times of India, appeared on 13 October at 01:24 UTC.
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In this story
- Ollie Pope
- Afghanistan Premier League
- Taliban
- Rob Key
- ECB
- Dawid Malan