They dribbled around the field and relished a return to the sport they loved, one that years earlier made them targets for violence. After the Taliban regime took over Afghanistan in 2021 and ...

Soccer Returns to Afghanistan. November 24, 2003 at 12:00 a.m. EST. ... Some 2,500 Afghan fans cheered for their team every time the ball made it over midfield, ...

The U.S. toppled that regime in 2001, but conservative Afghan society was slow to accept female athletes, even after a women's national soccer team was formed in 2007.

FIFA has pledged to help create an Afghanistan refugee team in women's soccer that can play friendly games outside of competitions during a ban by the Taliban on women in the country playing sport.

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FIFA has approved the creation of an Afghanistan women's refugee team that will compete in matches overseen by the world governing body.

ZURICH (AP) — FIFA has pledged to help create an Afghanistan refugee team in women’s soccer that can play friendly games outside of competitions during a sports… ...