Khalida Popal, Afghanistan Football Pioneer: ‘If the Haters Couldn’t Stop Me, Trump Can’t’
Khalida Popal has paid a high price for becoming the face of the Afghanistan women’s football team. “Sometimes I still have nightmares,” she says quietly. “Those men are standing and looking at me and laughing or there is the fear that they will rape me.” It is six years since Khalida had to leave h