For nearly five years, dozens of Afghanistan’s women soccer players have lived in exile — scattered across Australia, the United States and Europe — unable to officially represent their country’s ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — For former player and activist Khalida Popal, the formal recognition of an Afghanistan women's refugee team on the international stage isn't just about soccer. The ...

An Afghanistan women's refugee team has been granted eligibility for international competitions, some five years after national team players fled their country's Taliban rule. The FIFA Council, ...

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 ...

Four years after players from the Afghanistan women's national team fled their homeland amid the Taliban's takeover, a number of the teammates are representing their country again in a soccer ...

ZURICH (AP) — The Afghanistan national women's soccer team of refugee players has its first official games next month at a four-team tournament in Dubai, FIFA said Wednesday. The FIFA-supported team — ...

The Afghan girls national soccer team left Afghanistan after the Taliban overtook the capital city of Kabul in 2021. The team is named Ayenda FC—ayenda is the Farsi word for future. Ayenda, ...

For Afghanistan's national soccer team, 2013 was a groundbreaking year. Not only did the team play its first international match for a decade, but it won its first ever international trophy in the ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — For former player and activist Khalida Popal, the formal ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — For former player and activist Khalida Popal, the formal recognition of an Afghanistan women's refugee team on the international stage isn't just about soccer. The FIFA ...