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Afghanistan soccer is on the rise as cricket faces boycott threats
SEOUL -- If proposed boycotts against the Afghanistan men's cricket team in protest of the Taliban's treatment of women go ahead, then soccer is ready to step in to give the nation's sporting fans ...
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Afghanistan female footballers need a seat at FIFA table
are fighting for official recognition of Afghanistan's women's national team. The sisters want to give their former teammates a voice again.Mariam and Shabnam Ruhin carefully prepare the football ...
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When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, soccer was often replaced by public executions
Asghari’s plea coincides with that of Khalida Popal, a former member of Afghanistan’s women’s national soccer team, who says that women soccer players are in danger. FILE - This Tuesday ...
The Afghan women's team who will not be silenced
The Afghanistan Women's XI played their first match after an evacuation likened to "a Jason Bourne movie", led by three women ...
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After Afghanistan’s last Jew refused to leave, his would-be Jewish rescuers helped dozens of other Afghans escape instead
including some former soccer players for the country’s national team, escape the Taliban. (JTA) — Zebulon Simantov, Afghanistan’s last Jew, has not left Kabul, despite the best efforts of ...