Kim Kardashian helps evacuate Afghan women soccer players, and their families, out of Kabul today.
Kardashian chartered the plane that contained a total of 130 people fleeing #Afghanistan
Much respect to @kimkardashian
I don’t care much for celebrity culture, but love when prominent figures use their celebrity to transform lives.
Kim kardashian helped 130 people, mostly Afghan girls, women, and their families — leave #Afghanistan, and continue to follow their love of football⚽️. They arrived in London, UK safely.
I didn’t expect this story when I was reading @espn this morning, but it made my day:
“Women playing sports was seen as a political act of defiance against the Taliban, and hundreds of female athletes have left Afghanistan since the group returned to power and began curbing women's education and freedoms.
Khalida Popal, a former captain of Afghanistan's national women's team who has spearheaded evacuation efforts for female athletes, said she felt "so happy and so relieved" that the girls and women were out of danger.”
(ESPN)
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