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Afghan women’s football returns to international stage in FIFA tournament

An Afghan women’s refugee team lost 6-1 to Chad in a FIFA-organised tournament in Morocco on Sunday, but, for the players, the match itself represented a victory after being denied the chance to play ...
Human Rights Watch

Afghan Women’s Return to Football a Human Rights Victory

When the former Afghan Women's National Football Team, now known as Afghan Women United, took the field this week in Morocco for their first games in four years, they didn't just play a match; they ...
Reuters

We're still here: Afghan women refugees find freedom, voice through football

BURTON UPON TRENT, England, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Elaha Safdari was 17 and had just earned her maiden call-up as a goalkeeper for Afghanistan's women's football team when she was forced to flee Kabul ...
The New York Times

U.S.-based Afghan refugees denied access to new Afghanistan women’s soccer team

United States-based female refugee soccer players from Afghanistan will not have access to FIFA-organised training camps that determine the selection process for the newly-created Afghanistan women’s ...
CNN

As Afghan women’s soccer squad is announced, players’ fight for recognition goes on

Five young women are staring anxiously at a laptop. This is the call they’ve long been waiting for. A flurry of mixed emotions takes over as they each learn they have been selected by FIFA for the ...