Former Afghan Soccer Star Urges Female Athletes to Take Drastic Measures With Taliban Back in Power: 'What We Are Seeing is a Country Collapsing. All The Pride, Happiness ... is Like it Was Just Wasted'
Ryan Gaydos : Aug 20, 2021
Fox News
[FoxNews.com] "Today I'm calling them and telling them, take down their names, remove their identities, take down their photos for their safety. Even I'm telling them to burn down or get rid of your national team uniform," [Khalida Popal, a former captain of the Afghanistan women's soccer team and co-founder of the Afghan women's football league] said. "And that is painful for me, for someone as an activist who stood up and did everything possible to achieve and earn that identity as a women's national team player. To earn that badge on the chest, to have the right to play and represent our country, how much we were proud"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click here to read. (Screengrab image)