Afghan girls team given asylum in Portugal

By Alex Sanz
Updated September 22 2021 - 6:26am, first published 4:05am
Afghanistan girls soccer players have fled to Portugal. They spoke to their women's captain on Zoom.
Afghanistan girls soccer players have fled to Portugal. They spoke to their women's captain on Zoom.

The girls on Afghanistan's national soccer team were anxious. For weeks, they had been moving around the country, waiting for word that they could leave.

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