VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — For former player and activist Khalida Popal, the formal recognition of an Afghanistan ...

A ruling by soccer’s governing body lets exiled female players compete internationally for Afghanistan over the Islamist ...

INTERVIEW: Fifa has amended its rules so that a scattered team of exiled players can still compete internationally under the ...

FIFA's council voted to amend its regulations, which say the side would need recognition from their national federation, on ...

FIFA has approved a rule change allowing Afghan women footballers to play official international matches in FIFA competitions ...

Over 100 Afghan women’s rights defenders have written to Melania Trump, urging her to help restore education and freedom to Afghan women and girls under Taliban rule.

Five young women are staring anxiously at a laptop. This is the call they’ve long been waiting for. A flurry of mixed emotions takes over as they each learn they have been selected by FIFA for the ...

Banned from playing football and sent into exile, Afghanistan's women's team has had to fight to regain international status. That newly awarded recognition is a "hard slap to the face" of the Taliban ...

The Afghan women's refugee team will participate in its first-ever international tournament in October. The upcoming FIFA Unites: Women's Soccer will kick off in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on ...

An Afghanistan women's refugee team has been granted eligibility for international competitions, some five years after ...