Afghanistan Girls Soccer Team Given Asylum in Portugal

Afghanistan Girls Soccer Team Given Asylum in Portugal
Members of the Afghanistan national girls soccer team are seen in Lisbon, Portugal, on Sept. 21, 2021. AP Photo
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The girls on Afghanistan’s national soccer team were anxious. For weeks, they had been moving around the country, waiting for word that they could leave.

One wants to be a doctor, another a movie producer, others engineers. All dream of growing up to be professional soccer players.