Football: Afghan women make statement on international stage

Afghanistan's female footballers have been fighting in exile to get back to playing internationally for years. Earlier this ...
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 ...
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 ...
Human Rights Watch

Afghan Women Are Resisting the Taliban—Germany Should Show the Same Courage

Today, August 15, marks four years since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan. It is a somber anniversary for me and for the millions of fellow Afghans whose daily reality is marked by hunger, ...