Teen boxer Sadaf Rahimi, who aims to compete at this summer's London Olympics, hopes her achievements will be an example to others in her war-ravaged country. NBC News' Kiko Itasaka reports.
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Olympic hopeful Sadaf Rahimi's family and coach have received death threats because she's a boxer.
The 18-year-old Afghan, who trains in a stadium where the Taliban?used to carry out executions, says: "I want to show Afghan women don't stay behind closed doors." NBC News' Kiko Itasaka reports.
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