Tag: Popal, Khalida

They Shot at Her. They Forced Her From Her Home. She Won’t Stop Fighting for Girls.

Khalida Popal, the former captain of the Afghanistan women’s national soccer team, woke up on the floor of her apartment near Copenhagen, drenched in sweat and shaking. She had collapsed and couldn’t speak. An ambulance rushed to her. It was two years ago last month, and the Taliban were taking control of Afghanistan. Female soccer […]

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