Afghanistan

Afghanistan women’s national team plays first competitive match in exile

Eight months after being forced to flee for their lives, the Afghanistan women's national team returned to competitive football on…

2 years ago

An Afghan girls soccer team rebelled to play the game they love. Now they’re refugees

This team includes some of Afghanistan's most talented young players, members of what used to be the Afghanistan Youth Women's…

2 years ago

Safe and alive, but ‘traumatized,’ the future of these Afghan women footballers is very uncertain

During the last period of Taliban rule, women were banned from participating in sports

2 years ago

Kim Kardashian West helps fly Afghanistan women’s soccer team to safety in London

Members of Afghanistan's women's youth development soccer team arrived in Britain early Thursday after being flown from Pakistan

2 years ago

Afghan girls soccer team granted asylum in Portugal

The girls on Afghanistan's national soccer team have arrived safely in Portugal where they have been granted asylum

3 years ago

Nadia Nadim: ‘I’m actually the picture of everything the Taliban don’t want their women to be’

Across her prolific 16-year career, Nadim has earned success after success, having represented Denmark's women's football team since 2009.

3 years ago

Afghanistan’s Women’s Soccer Team Knew It Had to Get Out. ‘Burn Your Jerseys.’

A daring evacuation plan for the teammates—once symbols of a new Afghanistan—faced danger at every step

3 years ago

Players from Afghan women’s national soccer team evacuated from Kabul

Players from the Afghan women’s national soccer team have been evacuated from Kabul amid the recent Taliban takeover. 

3 years ago