The girl who escaped from the Taliban and became a soccer star

The remarkable story of Nadia Nadine — a former Afghan refugee, current American soccer star and future plastic surgeon.

Leander Schaerlaeckens | VICE Sports
June 2015 | 15-minute read

Even if she doesn’t dwell on it, her life is a giant “fuck you” to the Taliban, a monument of defiance to repression.

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