Football for Peace is a UK based, non-governmental organisation and one of the actions they have focused on recently is trying to bring dozen of Afghan girls to Britain and shelter them from the archaic Taliban rule. Working with the organisation on the project are Premier League side Leeds United.Some 32 female footballers, their families and coaches are currently in Pakistan on 30-day visas, but will soon be forced to return to their home country, which has been overtaken by the Taliban. Leeds United offered to place all the girls on its youth development teams and thus presenting the girls with a sliver of hope.UK urged to resettle fleeing Afghan women’s football team: Leeds United have offered support but players face return to Taliban regime unless accepted soon The UK government is being asked to urgently resettle female players from Afghanistan’s junior football team who fled the… pic.twitter.com/iAPpHpWhzZ— King Tri-Zi (@KingTriZi) September 26, 2021 Leeds chairman Andrea Radrizzani said his club stood ready to ‘give the girls a prosperous and peaceful future’. The Yorkshire Whites are all up for the project to succeed and have appealed for all the other major clubs in Europe and the world to participate.Taliban have effectively forbidden women from playing sport and Football For Peace is now fighting to get the 112-strong group to the UK so they can avoid having to suffer life under the tormenting rule.Leeds United and the charity have written to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ask for visas for all the young women and their families and coaches.’The race is on to find them a permanent safe haven.’ said Kashif Siddiqi, a Pakistani international who is the co-founder of the charity.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Taliban announced earlier this month that it would effectively ban Afghan women from playing sport because ‘their face and body will not be covered.’ ‘I don’t think women will be allowed to play cricket because it is not necessary that women should play cricket,’ said country’s newly picked deputy culture minister, Ahmadullah Wasiq, when asked if they would allow women to play the sport.Sat, 2/10, 17.00: (1.85) LEEDS (3.70) WATFORD (4.60)’In cricket, they might face a situation where their face and body will not be covered. Islam does not allow women to be seen like this.’It is the media era, and there will be photos and videos, and then people watch it.’ Wasiq told Australian broadcaster SBS.’Islam and the Islamic Emirate [Afghanistan] do not allow women to play cricket or play the kind of sports where they get exposed.’
