Football: Afghanistan women again set to fight for future

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Football: Afghanistan women again set to fight for future

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Afghan women's football players continue to fight for their right to compete internationally, facing ongoing opposition from Afghanistan's Taliban-led government and complications from FIFA's stance on the country. The players remain in limbo waiting for their next international match despite a brief reintroduction to international competition.

Afghanistan's female players are used to fighting and waiting. Months after their reintroduction to internationals, they now wait on another game and must wrestle with FIFA doubling down on a country that rejected them.

World Conflict Politics Sports Afghanistan women's football FIFA Taliban women's rights sports politics gender discrimination

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