Afghanistan: FIFA evacuates nearly "100 members of the football family, including female players"

"FIFA can confirm, following complex negotiations, it has, with the support of Qatar, evacuated almost 100 members of the football family from Afghanistan, including female players," announced the world body on 15/10/2021, two months to the day after the Taliban returned to power in Kabul on 15/08/2021.

"FIFA would like to express its sincere thanks to the government of Qatar for its support facilitating extensive discussions and for ensuring the safe passage of these individuals, deemed to have been at the highest risk, onto a Qatar Airways charter flight from Kabul, Afghanistan to Doha, Qatar," continued the body.

"The FIFA leadership has been closely coordinating with the government of Qatar since August (2021) on the evacuation of the group, and will continue to work closely on the safe evacuation of further members of the sporting family in the future," added the international federation.

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