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 “FIFA will say they don’t want to get involved in politics, but this is a human rights issue and they know it. They’ve just chosen to discard us.”

In Afghanistan, the Taliban have barred all women and girls from participating in sport. Their national soccer team have settled 7,000 miles away in Australia as the Afghanistan Football Federation and FIFA, the global governing body of soccer, do not recognise the team as an official national team. As a result of fleeing the country to Australia to gain freedom, …

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Afghanistan’s Khudadadi Issues Cry For Help As Sportswomen Safety Uncertain

Zakia Khudadadi was set to be the first woman to represent Afghanistan at the Paralympic Games. Following the Taliban’s conquest over the country, her lifelong dream along has been shattered and the future of women’s sport in the country is in limbo.

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