The Afghan team have been absent from FIFA tournaments since the second Taliban takeover of the nation in 2021.

The AFG women's team has since been unable to compete internationally as FIFA rules require recognition by a national ...

Afghanistan ’s exiled women’s football team have urged athletes worldwide to stand in solidarity with them as they fight for ...

The Sport and Rights Alliance (SRA) called on FIFA on Tuesday to take action to recognize the Afghan women's football team in exile as the representative of Afghanistan to ensure their return to ...

FIFA is facing fresh calls to officially recognise the Afghanistan women’s football team. Members of the national side, as quoted in a report published by the Sport & Rights Alliance (SRA ...

The Afghanistan Women's National Team, forced into exile post-Taliban takeover, urges global athletes to support their fight ...

As It Happens5:59Former Afghan women's soccer captain fights for team's chance to compete in World Cup Khalida Popal, the former captain of Afghanistan's national women's football team, is making ...

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