Taliban, death threats and not giving up: Afghanistan’s football pioneer Khalida Popal tells her harrowing yet heroic tale

28th December, 2017 · admin

Khalida Popal

The Independent (UK): In April 2011, Khalida Popal thought she was going to die. “I was facing regular death threats from the Taliban, and I knew that if I stayed in Afghanistan my life would have been in real danger,” she says softly. “I had a choice — I could either stay in my own country and face the consequences, or leave and continue working towards my goal. And I didn’t want to die.” Click here to read more (external link).

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