Usha Chilukuri Vance now emerges as a prominent figure.

"What I would like to see is for the IOC to reach out to Afghanistan's women athletes and to not legitimise the Taliban regime," Friba Rezayee, the first female Olympian from Afghanistan, said.

Although a Hindu Sena demonstration in Delhi was a one-off event, a sizeable swathe of Indians, especially on social media, express support for Russia and President Vladimir Putin.

Millions of school children in India, especially from poor families, dropped out of school over the past two years because of the COVID health emergency.

Thousands of Afghan refugees and asylum-seekers in India live in fear and uncertainty as the Taliban intensify their attacks on Afghan government forces and seize more territory in the war-torn country.

Muslims in the region said they have decided to move away from cattle-based occupations after seeing what happened to Khan.