Meet the National Team
The Taliban banned us. We still play on.
I was 5 when my father was killed by the Taliban and then at the age of 12, my mother was killed by the Taliban… I found my sisterhood community through football and today I am using it to stand for my rights and the rights of every Afghan Girl who lost their dreams.
Nazia Ali, Midfielder, AWNT
I am in a place where shadowy, monstrous figures live. As much as I could, I trained, but it didn’t work. After the arrival of the Taliban, I trained with the boys' team while wearing boys' clothes. However, the Taliban found out about this and took the coach of that team to the police station.
Elnaz Sultani, Attacker, AWNT
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