She left Afghanistan five days before the Taliban took over Kabul this summer, but never lost focus on her goal to run NYCM.
. The group, which had ruled the country in the late 1990s before being ousted by the U.S. in 2001, regained control of all the major cities in a matter of days.
Zahra joined Free to Run in 2018 after a friend introduced her to the program in Kabul. “When I started running, especially running with girls and women, it was really enjoyable because in Afghanistan, especially in Kabul, we have some parts that are safe but in other provinces, there is no safe place for women and girls to run,” she said.
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