Afghanistan women’s national football team successfully pulled out of Kabul

player from Afghanistan The women’s national football team had a ‘significant victory’ on Tuesday when they were among a group of more than 75 people evacuated on a flight from Kabul.

Global football players’ union FIFPRO thanked the Australian government for facilitating the evacuation of players, team officials and family members, and work continues to help them leave Afghanistan.

“These young women, both as athletes and activists, are at risk and on behalf of their peers around the world, we thank the international community for their assistance,” the union said in a statement.

The Afghan team was formed in 2007 in a country where women playing sports were seen as a political protest against the Taliban.

Players were advised this month to remove social media posts and photos of them with the team to help avoid retaliation since the fall of the United States-backed Afghanistan government.

Former team captain Khaleda Pople said, “The last few days have been very tense but today we have achieved an important victory.

Former captain Khaleda Pople now works with FIFPRO to help players in similar situations

Papal joins a team of FIFPRO lawyers and consultants who have worked with officials in six countries, including Australia, the US and the United Kingdom, to bring athletes and their families on flights to evacuation lists and safety.

“The women’s football players have been brave and strong in this time of crisis and we hope that they will have a better life outside Afghanistan,” Pople said.

FIFPRO Secretary General Jonas Baer-Hoffmann said the evacuation was ‘an incredibly complicated process’.

“Our condolences to all those people who are trapped in the country against their wishes,” he said.