The soccer players from Afghanistan arrived in London with their families on Thursday after Kim Kardashian West paid for a charter flight to bring them to the U.K.
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The group of 132 people, made up of players and their families, were offered the full cost of the charter flight by the reality TV star.
The players, who ranged in age from 13 to 19 years old, fled Afghanistan out of fear for their safety during the Taliban takeover and were staying in Pakistan on temporary visas.
They will follow U.K. coronaviruses measures and be under a 10 day quark.
The players and their families will be helped by the team which competes in the English premier league.
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I'm so proud of these girls. Khalida Popal, the former manager of Afghanistan's national women's soccer team who helped organize the players' escape, said they were traumatised. They have been through a lot and have been able to stay strong. They can start a new life.
The key background.
The team received death threats for playing soccer. The Taliban has banned girls and women from taking part in multiple aspects of public life, like playing sports, attending school and having careers. The players and their families were granted British visas last month, which will allow them to resettle in the country. Afghanistan's women's soccer team and the girl's youth team were relocated to Australia and Portugal.
The teenage Afghan female soccer players who ran from the Taliban will be settled in the UK.
The Afghan Girls National Soccer Team was banned under the Taliban.
The Afghan women soccer players are being flown to the UK.
The plane carrying Afghan girl footballers lands in the UK.
