The first female-only fitness club has opened in Kabul, with the objective of promoting health and sport among women in Afghanistan's traditionally patriarchal society.

The "Blue Moon Fitness Club" is the brainchild of Tahmina Mahid Nuristani, who described it as her life's ambition.

"Afghanistan is a conservative society, but in defiance of this, I opened the club nearly two months ago, with the hope of contributing to female empowerment here," Nuristani, 20, said.