One attempt to rescue the girls was foiled by the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport last week, which killed 169 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members.
Robert McCreary, a former congressional chief of staff and White House official for President, said that there were at least five attempts to rescue the athletes in recent days that failed.
, intelligence officials, congressmen and humanitarian groups can organize a route to safety from the country.A rescue effort for the Afghanistan national girls soccer team was foiled by last week's suicide bombing at the Kabul airport. A Taliban fighter stands guard at the site of the August 26 twin suicide bombs, which killed scores of people including 13 US troops, at Kabul airport on August 27, 2021.
But the girls, ages 14-16, and their families also could be targeted by the Taliban — not just because women and girls are forbidden to play sports, but because they were advocates for girls and active members of their communities, said Farkhunda Muhtaj, who is captain of the Afghanistan women's national team and lives in Canada.
McCreary said the mission — called Operation Soccer Balls — is working with other countries, with the hope the girls will eventually settle in the U.S. He said Australia, France and Qatar have expressed interest in helping. He also urged the Taliban to ease the exit for the group, saying it would create goodwill.
"As many of us who can stand up as female athletes — as humans — and say, 'This is a moment we need to come together and do what's right,' then we absolutely should," she said.and Air Force veteran who founded Dallas-based DeliverFund, a nonprofit that's secured housing for 50 Afghan families, said he understood that the U.S. was focused on relocating Afghans who helped American forces, but that others need help, too.
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