![Taliban, death threats and not giving up: Afghanistan's football pioneer Khalida Popal tells her harrowing yet heroic tale | The Independent | The Independent Taliban, death threats and not giving up: Afghanistan's football pioneer Khalida Popal tells her harrowing yet heroic tale | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2017/12/28/13/khalida-popal-main.jpg?width=1200)
Taliban, death threats and not giving up: Afghanistan's football pioneer Khalida Popal tells her harrowing yet heroic tale | The Independent | The Independent
![Afghan Women's Football Founder Khalia Popal honored by Spirit and Lantos Human Rights Foundation » Washington Spirit Afghan Women's Football Founder Khalia Popal honored by Spirit and Lantos Human Rights Foundation » Washington Spirit](https://washingtonspirit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Popal-Khalida_Ward-Kris_WASvLA_05.15.2022_XD_DSC02547-scaled.jpg)
Afghan Women's Football Founder Khalia Popal honored by Spirit and Lantos Human Rights Foundation » Washington Spirit
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Khalida Popal: 'The Afghanistan women's team was built to fight Taliban ideology' | Women's football | The Guardian
![Khalida Popal: Former Afghanistan football captain speaks out on her country's fall to the Taliban | CNN Khalida Popal: Former Afghanistan football captain speaks out on her country's fall to the Taliban | CNN](https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210819145224-01-khalida-popal-file-2018-super-tease.jpg)
Khalida Popal: Former Afghanistan football captain speaks out on her country's fall to the Taliban | CNN
![Mayor Gloria Appoints Farhat Popal as San Diego's New Immigrant Affairs Manager | City of San Diego Official Website Mayor Gloria Appoints Farhat Popal as San Diego's New Immigrant Affairs Manager | City of San Diego Official Website](https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/styles/100_percent/public/fpopal_headshot.jpg?itok=WL9fQJ0g)
Mayor Gloria Appoints Farhat Popal as San Diego's New Immigrant Affairs Manager | City of San Diego Official Website
![Vedant Patel on Twitter: "Mustafa Popal was born in Afghanistan and immigrated to the U.S. as a refugee when he was 11. He's now a @StateDept Foreign Service Officer and has served Vedant Patel on Twitter: "Mustafa Popal was born in Afghanistan and immigrated to the U.S. as a refugee when he was 11. He's now a @StateDept Foreign Service Officer and has served](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3NvtjGXIAA6K_U.jpg)