FIFA: Recognize, Support Afghan Women's Team in Exile

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Afghan women's football team players celebrate a goal on April 24, 2022. © 2022 William West AFP via Getty Images (Amsterdam) – The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) should act to stop the ongoing discrimination against Afghan women footballers living in exile and facilitate their return to international competition, the Sport & Rights Alliance said in a report released today.In two days, the Afghanistan Women’s National Football Team (AWNT) will be absent from the 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers draw, which…

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