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FIFA Assists Evacuation of Refugees from Afghanistan

15 October 2021 at 08:16
FIFA ( <a id="c7016c8a-c5b1-31f0-a91d-895ad7cb9d13" href="http://www.FIFA.com"> www.FIFA.com </a> ) can confirm, following complex negotiations, it has, with the support of Qatar, evacuated almost 100 members of the football family from Afghanistan, includingfemaleplayers.
FIFA
FIFA

FIFA would like to express its sincere thanks to the government of Qatar for its support facilitating extensive discussions and for ensuring the safe passage of these individuals, deemed to have been at the highest risk, onto a Qatar Airways charter flight from Kabul, Afghanistan to Doha, Qatar.

The FIFA leadership has been closely coordinating with the government of Qatar since August on the evacuation of the group, and will continue to work closely on the safe evacuation of further members of the sporting family in the future.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of FIFA.

Contact for African media: AfricanMedia@fifa.org

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