Spanish Club Welcomes Afghan Wheelchair Player Who Fled Home

Spanish Club Welcomes Afghan Wheelchair Player Who Fled Home
Afghan Paralympic wheelchair basketball player Nilofar Bayat arrives at the Torrejon military base just outside Madrid, Spain on Aug. 20, 2021. Mariscal/Pool photo via AP
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MADRID—The captain of Afghanistan’s wheelchair basketball team has found a new home—and a new club—in Spain’s Basque Country.

Nilofar Bayat, who fled Afghanistan with the help of the Spanish government after the Taliban took over this month, will be living and playing in the city of Bilbao.