'Symbolic' Afghanistan national women’s soccer team gives a voice for the voiceless on and off the pitch in Melbourne

Afghanistan women's soccer team finds its voice in Australia

More than 11,000 kilometres from Kabul, Afghanistan National Women's players have returned to their beloved game of football. 

The scene was set. An autumn afternoon in Melbourne at the start of May, with rays of hope from the sun peeking through the clouds at a suburban park, far from the lights of bigger stadiums.