AOL

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 ...
The New York Times

U.S.-based Afghan refugees denied access to new Afghanistan women’s soccer team

United States-based female refugee soccer players from Afghanistan will not have access to FIFA-organised training camps that determine the selection process for the newly-created Afghanistan women’s ...
AOL

Afghan refugee team to play in FIFA Unites Women's Series soccer tournament

A team of Afghan refugees will participate in its first international soccer tournament, which will be a round-robin event for four women's national teams in the United Arab Emirates, FIFA announced ...
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 ...
UNHCR

Exiled Afghan women’s football team scores goals in Australia

When Fatima Yousufi was a child, she loved nothing more than to watch football on TV with her younger brother. Never did she imagine that one day, she would become the goalkeeper and captain of the ...