They move from place to place at a moment’s notice in a desperate bid to evade the Taliban — girls whose lives are in danger simply because they chose to play a sport they loved
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Members of the Afghanistan national girls’ youth soccer team and their families in Kabul, on Sunday, August 29, 2021, the day before the last flights from the airport.
But the girls, ages 14 to16, and their families also could be targeted by the Taliban — not just because women and girls are forbidden to play sports, but because they were advocates for girls and active members of their communities, said Farkhunda Muhtaj, who is captain of the Afghanistan women’s national team and lives in Canada.“They are devastated. They’re hopeless, considering the situation they’re in,” said Muhtaj, who keeps in contact with the girls and urges them to stay calm.
“If we can put a protective bubble around these women and young girls ... I really believe the world will stand up and take notice and have a lot of offers to take them in and host them,” McCreary said. Nic McKinley, a CIA and Air Force veteran who founded Dallas-based DeliverFund, a nonprofit that’s secured housing for 50 Afghan families, said he understood that the US was focused on relocating Afghans who helped American forces, but that others need help, too.
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