How a 'rag tag group' helped evacuate the Afghanistan national women's football team from the country
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Time was of the essence following the rapid and chilling Taliban takeover of their country.
They burned their football team uniforms, deleted their social media accounts and went into hiding. They "narrowly avoided gunfire, were trampled" and "beaten by the Taliban." Then, as Haley Carter describes on Twitter, they had to wade through sewer water in search of salvation. Eventually, however, 86 Afghan athletes, officials and family members were airlifted to safety. Their successful evacuation was the result of an internationally coordinated effort involving six countries, but even those who'd scrambled to get them out had to concede that it was still "nothing short of a miracle."More Related News