After the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, two emerging Taekwondo stars have to give up on their dreams, international media reported. The dreams of two sisters - Nilab Wali, 26, and Anzoorat Wali, 19 had collapsed due to the sudden political change in Afghanistan, a Texas-based daily newspaper reported. Both of them were rising stars in Afghanistan`s Taekwondo, according to The Dallas Morning News.

"I joined taekwondo because a woman in Afghanistan should be a fighter for herself; that is why I started. But then I fell in love with it," Nilab said adding that "most of the time, I was going out of the house and seeing other ladies being teased. I did not want them to come to me and be teased; that is why I should be ready and fight them back." Anzoorat said she wanted nothing more than to follow in her sister`s footsteps to prove she could stand up for herself and for others.