Soccer-Afghan women's team unsure about future, says skipper Mobarez


FILE PHOTO: Players of Afghanistan's national women's football team stand near the Belem Tower in Lisbon, Portugal, September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Rodrigo Antunes

(Reuters) - The Afghanistan women's soccer team are uncertain about their future after evacuating to Australia following the Taliban takeover https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-troops-arrive-afghan-capital-assist-evacuations-2021-08-14 in August, captain Shabnam Mobarez said on Tuesday.

Australian evacuated https://www.reuters.com/world/australia-evacuates-more-than-50-female-afghan-athletes-dependents-abc-2021-08-24 more than 50 Afghan women soccer players, athletes and their dependents after the Taliban seized control of the capital, Kabul, on Aug. 15.

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