Members of Afghanistan's women's football team have arrived in neighboring Pakistan, the information minister in Islamabad said
Former Afghanistan women's team captain Khalida Popal says she helped with the evacuation process, tweeting:"I am happy to announce that once with the great support I managed to get more than 79 youth female footballers & family members out of Afg.""This time I got the support from the great team at Rokitfoundation," she added.
""The government encouraged my daughter, but the new government is not encouraging my daughters because my daughter wants to study in the faculty. So, after that she wants to play football. So, the Taliban don't allow for the daughters or women to play football or exercise in Afghanistan," she added.Visit CNN.
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