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Fifa recognition for Afghan women’s team is about ‘showing we exist’, says captain Fatima Haidari
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Fifa recognition for Afghan women’s team is about ‘showing we exist’, says captain Fatima Haidari

The Independent·Namita Singh·26 days ago
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Fifa has amended its rules so that a scattered team of exiled players can still compete internationally under the flag of the Afghan republic. But as they celebrate this moment, the home nation they represent remains out of reach.…

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Afghan teen issues emotional appeal to Melania Trump after more than year and a half in US camp
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Afghan teen issues emotional appeal to Melania Trump after more than year and a half in US camp

The Independent·Arpan Rai·26 days ago
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Zahra, the daughter of an Afghan army officer who served US officials before the government collapsed in August 2021, says she and other residents of Camp As Sayliyah (CAS) in Qatar only want a ‘a chance for a brighter future’. Arpan Rai reports

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UK accused of leaving allies with ‘no safe route out’ of Afghanistan after ending evacuation support
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UK accused of leaving allies with ‘no safe route out’ of Afghanistan after ending evacuation support

The Independent·Holly Bancroft·about 1 month ago
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Colonel Simon Diggins, who served as a defence attache in Afghanistan, said the UK has a ‘moral responsibility’ to help those it promised to evacuate because the Taliban ‘is still coming after them’

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Afghan women’s refugee team can now play in FIFA tournaments
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Afghan women’s refugee team can now play in FIFA tournaments

The Indian Express·Sports Desk·about 1 month ago
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The Afghan women’s national football team last played a competitive match in 2018. When the Taliban wrested back control of the country in 2021, one of the first things it did was bring women's sport to a halt.

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Afghan refugee women to compete as official national team as Fifa bypasses Taliban
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Afghan refugee women to compete as official national team as Fifa bypasses Taliban

The Independent·Flo Clifford·about 1 month ago
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Fifa has passed a regulation change allowing the team of female Afghan refugees to represent the country officially

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Fifa offers lifeline for Afghan women’s refugee team to rejoin international football
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Fifa offers lifeline for Afghan women’s refugee team to rejoin international football

The Independent·Julien Pretot·about 1 month ago
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Rule change allowing female footballers to compete in Fifa tournaments follows creation of Afghan Women United team for players living outside country

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Taliban Restrictions Haunt Afghan Women Outside Afghanistan

Human Rights Watch News·Human Rights Watch·about 1 month ago
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Click to expand Image TV anchor Khatereh Ahmadi wearing a face covering as she reads the news in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 22, 2022. © 2022 Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo While corresponding with a local journalist in Afghanistan around a recent report I had…

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