Over the next month, 32 national football teams will compete across Australia and New Zealand in the Women’s World Cup. Members of the Afghanistan national women’s team, which was evacuated to Australia when the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 2021, paid a visit to Morocco’s public training session Wednesday. Morocco, making its Women’s World Cup debut, is the first Arab nation to qualify for the tournament. Flying halfway around the world, the football team disappeared from the FIFA world rankings since the Afghan government no longer sanctions the team. “One day, there will be an Afghanistan women’s national football team, so they can represent their country, and they can be qualified for the World Cup,” Mohammadi said.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 19, 2023 13:11 UTC