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Fifa recognition for Afghan women’s team is about ‘showing we exist’, says captain Fatima Haidari
Fatima Haidari was sat at home in Italy when she received a video call from Fifa chief Gianni Infantino. On the screen alongside the captain of the Afghan women’s football...
Afghan refugee women to compete as official national team as Fifa bypasses Taliban
Fifa has granted permission to Afghan Women United, a team of female refugees, to officially compete as the national Afghan women’s football team.The Fifa Council approved the regulation change on...
‘Never lose hope’: how a new Afghanistan women’s team helps refugees cope with trauma
“When I step on to the pitch everything else is automatically erased from my mind,” says the captain of Afghan Women United, Fatima Haidari, when asked how football helps her...