Leeds United has said all of the girls in the national development team will be given places in youth sides at the club.
The Afghan girls’ development football team is bound for the UK after the players fled their homes and went into hiding four months ago
Kashif Siddiqi, a London-born footballer who played for Pakistan’s international team, has spearheaded the campaign to get the squad and their loved ones over to Britain.‘I’m so relieved that working with our partners, the government of Pakistan and the UK, we have together all scored the winning goal and are bringing the girls to the home of football.
The flight caps a four-month journey after the Taliban swept to power in their homeland, where the militants have rapidly curtailed the freedoms of women and girls. In a letter to the country’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, they said: ‘Your lifesaving intervention for these young female footballers at this moment of crisis is a testament to Pakistan’s generosity, and its status as a great friend to global sport.’
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