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Afghanistan girls soccer team given asylum in Portugal

In this photo provided to The Associated Press, Storai Amini and her two-month-old daughter, Amina, are seen on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, on a flight from Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, to Lisbon, Portugal. Late Sunday night, almost three weeks after the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, members of the Afghanistan national girls soccer team and their families landed in Lisbon after an international coalition came to their rescue. (AP Photo) In this photo provided to The Associated Press, members of the Afghanistan national girls soccer team are seen on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, after leaving Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. Late Sunday night, almost three weeks after the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, the girls and their families landed in Lisbon, Portugal, after an international coalition came to their rescue. (AP Photo) In this photo provided to The Associated Press, members of the Afghanistan national girls soccer team and family members are seen on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, after leaving Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. Late Sunday night, almost three weeks after the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, the girls and their families landed in Lisbon, Portugal, after an international coalition came to their rescue. (AP Photo) Farkhunda Muhtaj, the captain of the Afghanistan women’s national soccer team, top center, is seen with members of the Afghanistan national girls soccer team and others on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, during a Zoom interview with The Associated Press. Late Sunday night, almost three weeks after the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, the girls and their families landed in Lisbon, Portugal, after an international coalition came to their rescue. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz) In this photo provided to The Associated Press, members of the Afghanistan national girls soccer team are seen on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, in Lisbon, Portugal. Late Sunday night, almost three weeks after the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, the girls and their families landed in Lisbon after an international coalition came to their rescue. (AP Photo) In this photo provided to The Associated Press, members of the Afghanistan national girls soccer team are seen on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, in Lisbon, Portugal. Late Sunday night, almost three weeks after the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, the girls and their families landed in Lisbon after an international coalition came to their rescue. (AP Photo) In this photo made from video, former U.S. women's national soccer team captain Julie Foudy, a two-time World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist, is seen on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, in a video she recorded for the Afghanistan national girls soccer team. Late Sunday night, almost three weeks after the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, the girls and their families landed in Lisbon, Portugal, after an international coalition came to their rescue. (Julie Foudy via AP)