Taliban confirmed women cannot play sports where they could be potentially exposed
Members of Afghanistan's women's football team, and their families, have arrived in Pakistan after fleeing the Taliban regime.
Local media say the squad were issued emergency humanitarian visas.
A Taliban official confirmed that women are not allowed to play any sports, where they could potentially be exposed.
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 @RoKitfoundation #SardarNavid and CEO of Rokit #SiuAnneGill #teamwork #Power of a voice pic.twitter.com/BeWdd4zaky
— Khalida Popal (@khalida_popal) September 14, 2021

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