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Afghan Development Squad players celebrate a goal. AFP

Afghan Development Squad players gather together before a football match between the Afghan Development Squad and the Women’s parliamentary team, at the Dulwich Hamlet FC ground in London. AFP

Amnesty International UK is kickstarting its Football Welcomes month, an initiative to welcome refugees and people seeking asylum into UK communities. PA

Fayza, left, and Sosan from the Afghanistan Development Squad warm up before the game. PA

The young players left Afghanistan with their families and arrived in the UK in November 2021 on a flight funded by US media personality and businesswoman Kim Kardashian. AFP

Afghan development squad team players celebrate after scoring a goal during the football match between Afghan development squad and Women’s parliamentary team, at the Dulwich Hamlet FC ground, in London, on March 29, 2022, as part of the Amnesty’s annual Football Welcomes month. - Under laughter and applause, Sabreyah and her teammates dribble and score during a football match against the women parliamentary team in a stadium in south London football. According to their coach, they exercise their "basic human rights", six months after fleeing Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The young players left the country with their family and arrived in the UK in November 2021 on a flight funded by US star Kim Kardashian. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP)

Frouhar, from the Afghanistan Development Squad, watches the match. PA

According to their coach, they are able to exercise their "basic human rights" six months after fleeing Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. AFP

Afghan Development Squad players celebrate a goal. AFP

Afghan Development Squad players gather together before a football match between the Afghan Development Squad and the Women’s parliamentary team, at the Dulwich Hamlet FC ground in London. AFP

Amnesty International UK is kickstarting its Football Welcomes month, an initiative to welcome refugees and people seeking asylum into UK communities. PA

Fayza, left, and Sosan from the Afghanistan Development Squad warm up before the game. PA

The young players left Afghanistan with their families and arrived in the UK in November 2021 on a flight funded by US media personality and businesswoman Kim Kardashian. AFP

Afghan development squad team players celebrate after scoring a goal during the football match between Afghan development squad and Women’s parliamentary team, at the Dulwich Hamlet FC ground, in London, on March 29, 2022, as part of the Amnesty’s annual Football Welcomes month. - Under laughter and applause, Sabreyah and her teammates dribble and score during a football match against the women parliamentary team in a stadium in south London football. According to their coach, they exercise their "basic human rights", six months after fleeing Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The young players left the country with their family and arrived in the UK in November 2021 on a flight funded by US star Kim Kardashian. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP)

Frouhar, from the Afghanistan Development Squad, watches the match. PA

According to their coach, they are able to exercise their "basic human rights" six months after fleeing Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. AFP

Afghan Development Squad players celebrate a goal. AFP

Afghan women beat UK parliamentarians on the football pitch

The matches were part of the yearly Amnesty International's initiative to celebrate the contribution of refugees to the game

March 30, 2022

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