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Afghanistan women's youth soccer team escapes to Pakistan
BBC ^ | 17 September 2021 | STAFF

Posted on 09/17/2021 8:28:59 AM PDT by Red Badger

Female players from Afghanistan's junior national soccer team have crossed the border into Pakistan.

The girls had spent the past month in hiding amid fears of a crackdown on women's rights by the Taliban.

Members of the women's side flew out of Kabul last month but the youth team were reportedly left stranded as they lacked passports and other documents.

Thirty-two players and their families won visas after the charity "Football for Peace" lobbied Pakistan.

An official with Pakistan's Football Federation said the group, totalling 81 people, would be housed at the federation's headquarters in the eastern city of Lahore. A further 34 people will arrive on Thursday he said.

The players will remain in Pakistan under tight security for 30 days before applying for asylum in third countries, the official said.

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1 posted on 09/17/2021 8:28:59 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Country //Muslim Population //Muslim % of World Population
Pakistan // 200,400,000 //11.10%

Soccer team: “Thanks for lunch. We’re going to be going, now.”

Good luck on that.


2 posted on 09/17/2021 8:32:10 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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"Women's youth soccer team"

I am not doing very well with this new woke crap but wouldn't that be the Girl's soccer team?

3 posted on 09/17/2021 8:35:42 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Red Badger

Pakistan? Good luck with that.


4 posted on 09/17/2021 8:42:05 AM PDT by Whatever Works
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Whatever happened to those high schools kids that were stuck over there?


5 posted on 09/17/2021 8:57:18 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: Red Badger

And they were all taken as child brides shortly after.


6 posted on 09/17/2021 9:33:58 AM PDT by pas
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Wow, how bad does it have to be to be a women and thinking that escaping to Packistan is a good idea?


7 posted on 09/17/2021 9:42:17 AM PDT by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

Big media isn’t reporting on that. Big media knows what you need to know and will tell you when you need to know it. Trust big media.


8 posted on 09/17/2021 9:44:48 AM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans ( )
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To: Whatever Works

Out of the frying pan and into the fire....


9 posted on 09/17/2021 9:45:53 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: taxcontrol

My first thought. Escaping to Pakistan? Jeez. Afghanistan is a total hellhole.


10 posted on 09/17/2021 9:52:27 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Red Badger

Out of the fire and into the frying pan.


11 posted on 09/17/2021 9:53:01 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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right into the arms of al-Qaida


12 posted on 09/17/2021 10:15:32 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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"The players will remain in Pakistan under tight security for 30 days before applying for asylum in third countries, the official said."

What's wrong with staying in Pakistan?
(Another wonderful country Islam created)

13 posted on 09/17/2021 10:16:00 AM PDT by blam
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To: Bigg Red

Indeed. What were they thinking? Were they thinking?


14 posted on 09/17/2021 10:43:34 AM PDT by Whatever Works
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To: Red Badger
Maybe they got some support from the Pakistani women`s soccer team?


15 posted on 09/17/2021 10:55:35 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (That`s 464 people per square foot! Is this corrrect?? It was NYC.)
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