FIFA resists calls to recognise the Afghan women's football team living in exile in Australia

Five women in navy blue tracksuits. Four are wearing black hijabs.

Members of the Afghan women's football team attend Morocco's practice ahead of the Women's World Cup in Melbourne. Source: AAP / Victoria Adkins

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