The captain of the female national team of Afghanistan Football Shabnam Mobarez asked for help from FIFA and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The girl living in the United States fears that her teammates can kill representatives of the Taliban movement (the movement is prohibited in Russia). It is reported by the newspaper The Telegraph.
Mombares asks for international sports organizations to assist the evacuation of the players of the women’s football team from the country. “I talked with one of my teammates, which remained in Kabul. She hides, she has nowhere to go, the Taliban know about her and her family,” said Captain. According to her, after the capture of the country, all women players of the national team live in constant fear – they faced the threats of the massacres from the militants.
“At first there were only a few girls who wanted to play football, but gradually there were more of them. Now what made them happy, potentially, can kill them. It’s terrible, we hoped that football will become a tool aimed at increasing the rights and Afghan opportunities, “Mombares noted.
The female national team of Afghanistan football was formed by the National Olympic Committee of the country in 2007. Football players won their first match with a score of 5: 0 against a team consisting of women’s military personnel of the International Coalition. In 2012, the team was able to reach the semifinals of the Football Federation of South Asia.
Taliban banned women to play sports even during their first rule in the 90s. August 15, 2021, after the fall of Kabul, the Afghan women’s team deleted its accounts on social networks. Despite the assurances of the Taliban on “respectful attitude to an Afghan woman,” after re-coming to power, extremists launched a large-scale campaign of sexual discrimination.