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Afghan Women’s Refugee Team Returns to International Soccer

10/1/2025

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Pauline Hamill unveiled a 23-player Afghan women’s refugee team for the FIFA Unites: Women’s Series in the UAE, their first international matches in four years.
Selections followed three camps in Australia and England, with support from over 20 professionals.
UNHCR supports travel, medical and mental-health care; Defender Kereshma Abasi says it’s a new beginning for Afghan women in sport.

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Pauline Hamill unveiled a 23-player Afghan women’s refugee team for the FIFA Unites: Women’s Series in the UAE, their first international matches in four years.
Selections followed three camps in Australia and England, with support from over 20 professionals.
UNHCR supports travel, medical and mental-health care; Defender Kereshma Abasi says it’s a new beginning for Afghan women in sport.