Afghan women flex muscles at first female-only gym in conservative Kandahar

According to foreign media, women enthusiastically come to the gym to exercise to improve their fitness and health, but the owners of the gym are concerned about the Taliban's advance in the country.

Among them is a fitness centre for women in the former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar.

According to reports, the gym has been set up in Kandahar, where only women come to exercise, while the trainers are also women.

A female trainer who works in this gym says that she was very happy to work here, ‘she also exercises here while helps other women in exercising.’

She revealed that whatever she earns from the gym by providing training to ladies— runs her house.

The owner of the gym says she is disinclined about the talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban and she fears that it could jeopardize women's work and the business of women like her.

Women entrepreneurs in Afghanistan are on the rise, with about 890 female-owned enterprises recently founded around the country.

The Taliban are once again rallying in Afghanistan, which could affect the business of her and other women like her.