Afghan footballers and their families flown to Qatar

Qatar, in coordination with FIFA, evacuates almost 100 Afghan football players and their families from Afghanistan.

Qatar, in coordination with FIFA, has evacuated almost 100 footballers and their families from Afghanistan, officials in Doha confirmed.

The group was flown from Kabul to Doha on a flight that carried 357 passengers on Thursday, among them many women athletes involved in football in Afghanistan.

It was Qatar’s eighth and largest passenger evacuation flight from Kabul since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in late August.