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The Taliban Targeted Them. FIFA Saved Them. Houston Welcomed Them. Then They Were Left Behind.
Rabia Yaqobi dribbled a soccer ball across the turf field at the vacant Shell Energy Stadium, her eyes trained ahead. She moved quickly but with the ease of a seasoned athlete, the ball bouncing off her toes in rhythm. To play in a stadium like this, the 22,000-seat home of the Houston Dynamo and Dash professional teams, is the dream of any young athlete. For the then-23-year-old Yaqobi, a refugee who had fled the Taliban, it felt like a miracle.An abrupt Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the swift U.S. military withdrawal from the country in 2021 had plunged Yaqobi’s world into sudden chaos. As part of the violent campaign to reassert control over women, the militants had threatened to hunt down female athletes and execute…The post The Taliban Targeted Them. FIFA Saved Them. Houston Welcomed Them. Then They Were Left Behind. appeared first on Texas Monthly.