london afghan athlete zakia khudadadi made a plea for help on tuesday as she sought to escape kabul and revive her shattered dream of becoming the countrys first female competitor at a paralympic gamesthe afghanistan paralympic committee apc said on monday the countrys two paraathletes would not be at the games starting in tokyo on aug 24 due to turmoil following the talibans takeoverthe insurgents have overrun major cities and now control most of afghanistanparataekwondo athlete khudadadi said in a video message from kabul provided to reuters by the apcs londonbased chef de mission arian sadiqi that she felt imprisoned staying with extended family but unable to go outside with confidence to train shop or check on othersspeaking in farsi and translated by reuters she said she felt an additional burden to her relations who did not have enough food to feed their own childreni request from you all that i am an afghan woman and as a representative of afghan women ask for you to help me she saidmy intention is to participate in the tokyo 2020 paralympic games please hold my hand and help mei urge you all from the women around the globe institutions for the protection of women from all government organisations to not let the rights of a female citizen of afghanistan in the paralympic movement to be taken away so easilythe fact that we ourselves have lifted ourselves from this situation that we have achieved so much it cannot be taken lightly i have suffered a lot i dont want my struggle to be in vain and without any results help mekhodadadi 23 and track athlete hossain rasouli had been scheduled to arrive in tokyo on tuesday but were unable to fly outthe taliban told reporters at their first official news conference in kabul on tuesday that they would respect the rights of women within the framework of islamic lawthe news conference came as the united states and western allies evacuated diplomats and civilians and followed scenes of chaos at kabul airport as afghans desperate to flee the taliban thronged to the terminal