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Former Afghan women's captain tells players to burn kits, delete photos

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Khalida Popal, the former captain of Afghanistan's women's national soccer team, speaks in an interview from Copenhagen, Denmark, August 18, 2021. [Reuters TV]

The former captain of the Afghan women's soccer team has urged players to delete social media, erase public identities and burn their kits for safety's sake now that the country is again under Taliban rule.

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