women's sports are growing in this province. Women and girls exercise various type of sport in Herat and they had considerable achievements in this area. Women’s sport had great accomplishments in recent years, which indicate the active participation of female athletes on competitions in different fields.

According to statistics provided by Herat Sport Department, women are mostly interested in Karate, Wushu, Taekwondo, Cricket, Volleyball, Basketball, and Bodybuilding and more than 30 gyms are currently available for female athletes in Herat.

Nowadays Herat women interested in sport like martial sports and currently more than 3,000 youths in Herat cities and districts have the membership of Herat Taekwondo Federation, It is noteworthy that, more than 250 of them are women.

Although female athletes are faced with many problems but they have overcame all struggles to the remarkable extent. Athletic officials in Herat province says: although woman athletes have many challenges but they have brightly shined in different fields at recent years.
Nahid Piroz from Women Sport Union in Herat province pointed out the low economical status of families, deficiency of sports facilities, and lack of professional female coaches as major challenges with women athletes in Heart. She also added that despite all problems women are very interested to sports at this province.

Construction of Herat’s gymnasium and other stadiums for women has solved a part of women problems in this regard. Beside all these, the women sport also grew so fast in Heart girls’ schools and every individual school has their own team and the teams operate in different fields such as: volleyball, basketball, tennis and so on.

Moreover, sport subject thought practically by professionals at Heart girl’s schools and the teams compete verse each other every year.