Afghanistan's female footballers have been fighting in exile to get back to playing internationally for years. Earlier this ...

FIFA has sanctioned the establishment of an Afghanistan women’s refugee team which will be able to participate in matches overseen by world football’s governing body. Such a move would see the ...

Khalida Popal told Reuters she was urging female footballers to get rid of their national team uniform to stay safe from the Taliban.

Zohal Shahalami barely recalls when her family fled Afghanistan to neighbouring Pakistan to escape the Taliban, with her ...

Malala Yousafzai has never stopped fighting for the rights of women, even after it almost cost the Nobel-Prize-winning activist her life. “They can definitely find opportunities for these players to ...

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 ...