Keramuudin Karim

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A #MeToo moment for Afghanistan’s women’s soccer: ‘It happened so many times’

Women & Gender

The abuse reportedly happened inside the country and also during a training camp held in February of last year in Jordan. Players flew out, and two male representatives of the Afghanistan Football Federation came with them. Khalida Popal, former captain of Afghanistan’s national soccer team, had organized the training session in Jordan and had reservations about the men.