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In an effort to better relations between the US and Afghanistan, soldiers dropped loads of balls by
helicopter over the Khost province. Unfortunately, some of the balls contained the Saudi Arabian
flag which just happens to incorporate the Muslim declaration of faith: "There is no god but God,
Muhammad is the messenger of God." Needless to say, Muslims weren't too pleased.
The Afghanistan national women's football team has completed its first ever international match
abroad competing in a club tournament in Pakistan. The squad of 20 female players and two female
coaches faced neighboring Pakistan in a friendly on Saturday. They were beaten 2-0. Although there
are now 500 registered women players across Afghanistan, the game has had to develop in a cautious
way
Sports Sciences Club of Lahore won Pakistan's 3rd National Women's Football Championship after
beating Afghanistan 1-0 in the final at the Jinnah Stadium. Ace striker Ayesha Akram netted the
winner in the 26th minute of the first half to help her team lift the coveted trophy. "The winners
gave no chance whatsoever to all out attacks of Afghanistan in the second session and kept their
slender lead
The Afghanistan women's national football squad of 20 players and two female coaches will travel to
Pakistan this month for a friendly. "This is the first time that Afghan women football players will
go abroad for a match," coach Abdul Saboor Walizada told Reuters. Since the Taliban were ousted in
2001, Afghanistan has witnessed unprecedented personal freedoms.
The 15 local teams participating in the Pakistan Women's Football Championship in Islamabad (16-24
August) are set to welcome the Afghanistan women's national team. "It will be historic because
Afghan women competing in Pakistan will be great for the relationship of these two countries,"
Pakistan Football Federation spokesman Akbar Wahidi told AFP. "The team's involvement "will promote
football
The United States military reportedly issued a statement regreting it had handed out soccer balls
emblazoned with the name of Allah as part of a public relations exercise in Afghanistan. At least
one of the balls - which were dropped by helicopter to children in Khost province in eastern
Afghanistan - carried a small picture of the Saudi Arabian flag.
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