Afghan women playing football with death threats

They were spit upon them, they would have been killed, bombs were kept on the side of the road. All this was done because the women in Afghanistan wanted to play football. Their coach is former American star Kelly Lindsay. But he never could have fallen asleep in Afghanistan. News BBC

This squad was formed in 2010. But before the formation of the team, some of them did not play soccer as a member of the whole group. But in the two years of taking responsibility for Lindsay, the Afghan women's team came from 126th position in the FIFA rankings at 106.

But after this success, his responsibility is so risky that the training of these women's footballers and all of the matches is arranged in foreign soil. The squad that Lindsay has formed, as women in present-day Afghanistan, and the so-called Afghans are also living.

The main aim of the Afghan team is to qualify in the World Cup. But there are threats of various types of violence that are hanging on the head of those who are playing in the country. Women in the house play football outside, it is difficult for many to accept it in Afghan culture.

Lindsay says, if a woman plays football, her father, mother, brother - all are considered guilty in society. He said that Khalida Popal's brother, program director of Afghan women's football program, was knocked and killed. The crime was related to his sister football.

This woman coach said, only to enjoy every day for football; It is astonishing.

A BBC survey recently revealed that 70% of the Afghan Taliban are still active in the area. 1.5 million people (half of the total population of Afghanistan) are now living in the shadow of the Taliban. As a result, the freedom captured by Afghan women since the fall of the Taliban in 2001 is now under threat.

Training camps outside Afghanistan for women's football teams were organized. Coach Lindsay phone or coaching via email. He said, in two weeks we talk to the phone. Talks about training, nutrition, internal and external conditions of the group. We send their training videos, bodybuilding instructions, tactical powerpoints so that they can see them at home and join the training.

Lindsey says these girls join training and take pride in their own strength and their country. Their final goal is to qualify for the World Cup. However, the Afghan football team is still out of 100 list of FIFA 100 countries.

Women's Asia Cup to be started in April. The only Muslim country is Jordan Jordan. This tournament will serve as the qualifying tournament for the women's football tournament of 2019. It is not necessary that Afghan women will not be easy for them. !