LOS ANGELES — All Nadia Nadim needed was a chance. A chance at an education, a chance to study medicine, a chance to play soccer.
She would have had no chance had she stayed in Afghanistan, which was ruled by the Taliban when she fled with her mother and four sisters.
With forged passports they escaped to Pakistan, flew to Italy then climbed aboard a cargo truck they were told would take them to England. They made it as far as Denmark, where they wound up in a refugee camp.
