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Afghan ladies football

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It's not how you'd imagine a players tunnel in a national stadium, but the Afghan women's football team have to make the best of what they have. In a country that's still deeply conservative and where many view women participating in sport as anti-religious, being a female sports woman is a risky profession. Yet it doesn't put off these young athletes playing the game they love. Team Captain Zahra Mahmodi is 20 and has been involved with the national team for four years.

 

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