- Pakistan football federation helps them to flee across border
- National team players and youth players among those to get out
More than 96 female footballers and their family members have fled across the border of Afghanistan to Pakistan with the help of the Pakistan football federation. The evacuation comes just over two weeks after the final US flights left Kabul airport, ending 20 years of military involvement in the country.
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