FIFA says it helped evacuate 100 players, family members from Afghanistan

Samira, 9, plays with a friend at the orphanage after school, in Kabul, Afghanistan October 12, 2021. [Reuters]

World soccer's governing body FIFA said on Friday it had worked with the Qatari government to evacuate almost 100 football players and their families from Afghanistan.

The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Aug. 15 and announced a new government last month after U.S.-led foreign forces withdrew and the Western-backed government collapsed.