Former Afghan Women’s Captain Tells Players to Burn Kits, Delete Photos

Former Afghan Women’s Captain Tells Players to Burn Kits, Delete Photos
Khalida Popal, the former captain of Afghanistan's women's national soccer team, speaks in an interview from Copenhagen, Denmark, on Aug. 18, 2021. Reuters TV/Reuters
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The former captain of the Afghan women’s soccer team has urged players to delete social media, erase public identities and burn their kits for safety’s sake now that the country is again under Taliban rule.

Copenhagen-based Khalida Popal told Reuters in a video interview on Wednesday that the militants had killed, raped and stoned women in the past and female footballers were scared of what the future might hold.