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FIFA, player's union FIFPro cooperating to evacuate Afghan footballers

by French Press Agency - AFP

PARIS Aug 22, 2021 - 5:06 pm GMT+3
Afghan female footballers participate in a match to prepare for Afghanistan's first female football premier league, in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 2, 2014. (AP Photo)
Afghan female footballers participate in a match to prepare for Afghanistan's first female football premier league, in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 2, 2014. (AP Photo)
by French Press Agency - AFP Aug 22, 2021 5:06 pm

World football's governing body FIFA and the player's union FIFPro are working together to evacuate Afghan male and female footballers who wish to leave the country, FIFA Secretary-General Fatma Samoura told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Sunday.

Last week, Taliban fighters took control in Kabul with tens of thousands of people trying to leave in what has been dubbed one of the most difficult airlifts in history.

"We're in the process of working with FIFPro," Samoura said.

She added the body had "already done it in the past, we should be able to do it again.

"On Friday, FIFPro said on Twitter it had "been liaising with governments to establish an evacuation plan for athletes at risk".

"Central to this rescue effort is the ambition to bring as many people to safety as possible," it added.

On Thursday, the player's body paid tribute to young Afghan national team footballer Zaki Anwari, who reportedly died falling from a U.S. plane last week at Kabul airport.

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