The Afghan team have been absent from FIFA tournaments since the second Taliban takeover of the nation in 2021.

Afghanistan ’s exiled women’s football team have urged athletes worldwide to stand in solidarity with them as they fight for ...

Despite FIFA contradicting its own human rights policies of gender-based discrimination by deferring to the Afghanistan Football Federation, which refuses to support a women's team, it states that ...

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 ...

As It Happens5:59Former Afghan women's soccer captain fights for team's chance to compete in World Cup Khalida Popal, the former captain of Afghanistan's national women's football team ...

The Sport and Rights Alliance (SRA) called on FIFA on Tuesday to take action to recognize the Afghan women’s football team in exile as the representative of Afghanistan to ensure their return to ...

On March 21, 2025, the Thai national football team celebrated a decisive victory against Afghanistan in a FIFA Day match, held at the Rajamangala National Stadium. With a final score of 2-0, this ...

Afghanistan’s national women’s football team have received support from a United Nations special rapporteur as they urge athletes worldwide to stand in solidarity as they fight their exclusion ...