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Women's Football In Afghanistan
Football in Afghanistan has traditionally been played by men as women were prevented from participating in sports. During the Islamic Republic era, a women's team was set up to promote the game. Even so many women experienced prejudice for playing the sport during this period. The 2019 FIFA life ban on the Afghanistan Football Federation president from all football-related activity after an investigation found him guilty of “having abused his position and sexually abused various female players” underlined the grave challenges that Afghan women athletes faced even before the Taliban takeover. Following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, women have been banned from participating in any sport, including football. See also * Football in Afghanistan References Women's {{Afghanistan-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghanistan Football Federation
The Afghanistan Football Federation AFF; is the governing body of football in Afghanistan, overseeing the organization, promotion, and regulation of all national teams and leagues. Established in 1922, the AFF joined FIFA in 1948 and became a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1954. The organization is headquartered in Kabul, Afghanistan. History and Achievements The AFF has played a pivotal role in the development and popularization of football in Afghanistan, despite significant challenges posed by decades of political instability and conflict. One of its most notable achievements came in 2013 when the Afghanistan national football team won the South Asian Football Federation Championship, marking the country’s first-ever international football trophy. This victory was widely celebrated as a unifying moment for the nation. In recognition of its efforts to promote fair play and sportsmanship amidst adversity, the AFF was awarded the FIFA Fair Play Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghanistan Women's National Football Team
The Afghanistan women's national football team (Dari: تیم ملی فوتبال زنان افغانستان) was the women's national team of Afghanistan until the fall of Kabul in August 2021. They played under the authority of the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF). In May 2025, FIFA has sanctioned the creation of an Afghan women's refugee team. History Early history The team was formed in 2007 by the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee with players drawn from among selected school girls in Kabul. In an attempt to improve the quality of women's football, the team was sent to Germany in 2008 to hold a preparation camp. Later in the year, the Afghan team traveled to Jordan to participate in the Islamic Countries Women's Football Tournament. In May 2010, Danish sports brand Hummel International sponsored male, female and youth teams of Afghanistan. The 2010 SAFF Women's Championship in Bangladesh marked the first appearance of Afghanistan in a major internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islamic Republic Of Afghanistan
The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was a presidential republic in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2021. The state was established to replace the Afghan Afghan Interim Administration, interim (2001–2002) and Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan, transitional (2002–2004) administrations, which were formed after the 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan that had toppled the partially recognized Taliban-ruled Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001), Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. However, on 15 August 2021, the country was Fall of Kabul (2021), recaptured by the Taliban, which marked the end of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), 2001–2021 war, the List of the lengths of United States participation in wars, longest war in US history. This led to the overthrow of the Islamic Republic, led by President of Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani, and the reinstatement of the Islamic Emirate under the control of the Taliban. While the United Nations still recognizes the I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Statesman
''The New Statesman'' (known from 1931 to 1964 as the ''New Statesman and Nation'') is a British political and cultural news magazine published in London. Founded as a weekly review of politics and literature on 12 April 1913, it was at first connected with Sidney Webb, Sidney and Beatrice Webb and other leading members of the socialist Fabian Society, such as George Bernard Shaw, who was a founding director. The longest-serving editor was Kingsley Martin (1930–1960), and the most recent editor was Jason Cowley (journalist), Jason Cowley, who assumed the post in 2008 and left in 2024. Today, the magazine is a print–digital hybrid. According to its present self-description, it has a modern Liberalism in the United Kingdom, liberal and Independent progressive, progressive political position. Jason Cowley (journalist), Jason Cowley, the magazine's editor, has described the ''New Statesman'' as a publication "of the left, for the left" but also as "a political and literary magaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Taliban Offensive
The 2021 Taliban offensive was a Offensive (military), military offensive by the Taliban insurgent group and allied militants that led to the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the end of the nearly 20-year War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), War in Afghanistan that had begun following the United States invasion of Afghanistan, United States invasion of the country. The Taliban victory had widespread domestic and international ramifications regarding human rights and proliferation of terrorism. The offensive included a continuation of the bottom-up succession of negotiated or paid surrenders to the Taliban from the village level upwards that started following the United States–Taliban deal, February 2020 US–Taliban deal. The offensive began on 1 May 2021, coinciding with the 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, withdrawal of the United States's 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, and those belonging to Resolute Support Mission, other international allies. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football In Afghanistan
Football is one of the two most popular sports in Afghanistan; the other one being cricket. Early history According to the Afghanistan Football Federation, the first Afghan football club was Mahmoudiyeh F.C., which was founded in 1934. Their men's team traveled to India three years later and took part in 18 games of which 8 were won, 9 lost and 1 tied. Ariana Kabul F.C. was established in 1941 and became the second Afghan football club. This team sent a men's team to Tehran upon invitation from Iran, played 3 games in which 1 was won and 2 were lost. Nothing is known about the early history of women's football in the country. In 1948, the Afghanistan Football Federation joined FIFA and sent a men's national team to the UK to compete in the 1948 Summer Olympics. They lost their only match in a preliminary round 0–6 to Luxembourg national football team. From 1974 to 1979, an international football tournament named Afghanistan Republic Day Festival Cup, was organized in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Football In Afghanistan
Football in Afghanistan has traditionally been played by men as women were prevented from participating in sports. During the Islamic Republic era, a women's team was set up to promote the game. Even so many women experienced prejudice for playing the sport during this period. The 2019 FIFA life ban on the Afghanistan Football Federation president from all football-related activity after an investigation found him guilty of “having abused his position and sexually abused various female players” underlined the grave challenges that Afghan women athletes faced even before the Taliban takeover. Following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, women have been banned from participating in any sport, including football. See also * Football in Afghanistan References Women's {{Afghanistan-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
