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KABUL (SW) – Afghanistan would join four regional women football teams for the Central Asian Football Association cup beginning on Friday.
The host Uzbekistan would play the maiden match against Afghanistan on the maiden day.
Based on the schedule, Afghanistan would play its second game against Kyrgyzstan on November 27 at 03:30 pm Afghanistan Time. And, in the third group match, Afghanistan would face Tajikistan on December 01 at 1230 pm Afghanistan Time.
The captain of Afghanistan’s women’s football team and several of her team mates have been reportedly dropped after they refused to sign a contract which denied them payments for playing matches among other restrictions.
Shabnam Mobarez said in a statement on Twitter that she was recently asked to sign a contract that “jeopordizes my ability to seek outside off AFF (Afghanistan Football Federation), does not include compensation for playing, prohibits me from pursuing other promotional ventures and lacks any sort of mediation during disciplinary proceedings.”
Mobarez is an Afghan refugee who moved to Denmark with her family in 2003 to flee the war in Afghanistan. Apart from being captain of her nation’s football team, Mobarez also coaches refugee teams in Denmark. She had been offered a place in the Danish team but she chose to represent Afghanistan. She has been captain of the side since 2016.
Afghanistan, unable to train as a full team at home, have met for training camps and games in places such as the US, Germany, Jordan and the Netherlands. The team, coached by the American Kelly Lindsey, who has not set foot in the country since taking over in 2016 because of safety concerns, have risen to 106 in the Fifa world rankings
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