Hello everyone,
We are incredibly happy to share that our Afghan female student debate team, Aysha Wazir and Helala Ghanizada, won Round 3 at the Harvard Debate UK–TOC International Tournament held from October 23–25, 2026: https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/results/round_results.mhtml?tourn_id=40334&round_id=1529494
We would also like to wish all teams the very best for strong results in the upcoming rounds.
We would like to express our gratitude to the Harvard Debate Council and the University of Kentucky’s Tournament of Champions (TOC) for their kind support in waiving participation fees for our Afghan female debate teams for the Harvard Debate UK–TOC International Tournaments 2026–2027.
We would also like to extend our sincere thanks to Keerti V. Joshi from Team Canada Debate (2025–2027) for his support in training our teams.
About Team Canada Debate:
– 5x World Champions of the WSDC; most recent win: 2026 in Kenya
– 4x World Runners-up
We would like to thank the coaches at Vietnam Public Forum Academy for their continued support and ongoing involvement in training the Afghan girls since November 2024.
Sincerely,
Empowering Afghan Girls & Young Women Through Debate
(An initiative of Vietnam Public Forum Academy)
and Afghans for Progressive Thinking (APT)
