Elaha Safdari was 17 and had just earned her maiden call-up as a goalkeeper for Afghanistan's women's football team when she was forced to flee Kabul during the Taliban takeover in 2021.

But Safdari never gave up on football. It inspired her through education here. Image: Goalkeeper Elaha Safdari fled to the UK ...

Elaha Safdari, a former Afghan women's football team goalkeeper, escaped the Taliban's 2021 takeover. FIFA's recent camp in ...

Sky's Rob Harris speaks to the Afghan women's football team training in England, where most of them live as refugees.

FIFA is facing fresh calls to officially recognise the Afghanistan women’s football team. Members of the national side, as quoted in a report published by the Sport & Rights Alliance (SRA) on ...

The report condemned the Afghan Football Federation’s refusal to support or recognize the women’s football team, which led to their exclusion from international competitions for four years. It stated ...

Women’s soccer players who evacuated Afghanistan in 2021 are now in Houston. Abandoned by FIFA, they are fighting to rebuild their team.

Former Scottish international player and long-time youth coach Pauline Hamill has been appointed coach of the Afghan women's refugee team.

FIFA has approved the creation of an Afghanistan women's refugee team that will compete in matches overseen by the world governing body.

The Women’s World Cup will expand to 48 teams for the 2031 edition of the tournament, which could be hosted by the United States.