Casablanca, Morocco, Nov 6, 2025 (AFP) - In Morocco, exiled Afghan women footballers find hope on the pitch

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2025-11-06
Manoozh Noori said she "wanted to die" when the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021. That meant she could no longer do what she loved most: play football. Noori, 22, fled the country where the United Nations say authorities have implemented "gender apartheid" and has been playing in a team of Afghan refugee women taking part in a first-of-its-kind tournament in Morocco. "I had asked myself: 'Do I want to stay in this country with peo......
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