Interview: Kelly Lindsey, Former Coach of the Afghanistan Women's Football Team, on Recent Evacuations

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4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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This episode opens with words from Khalida Popal (in an interview with CNN), former Capitan of the Afghanistan Women's Football Team. Then, Shireen Ahmed talks with Kelly Lindsey, former coach of the Afghanistan Women's Football Team about how Khalida, Kelly and a small and formidable group of people were able to evacuate Afghan footballers, other athletes and vulnerable people to safety in recent weeks, with the help of Human Rights for All in Australia. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The foundation of Afghanistan Women's National Team, football team was based on activism.
0:18.0	We used football as a means of activism to stand for our right as women and to stand for the rights of other women in our country,
0:28.6	but also to be the voice for voiceless sisters that they were still living under the regime of Taliban.
0:34.6	I remember the feeling when when first time we represented in the regime of Taliban. I remember the feeling when first time we represented in the history of
0:41.7	Afghanistan, the very first national team of Afghanistan abroad. When the national team,
0:48.6	Anton was played for us, we have seen the, our flag was waving and uniform we had we were so proud but now I'm calling
0:58.0	them the uniform that we were very proud of I'm telling them to burn it down it hurts the voice
1:04.9	that you just heard was Khalida Popal the former captain of the Afghanistan Women's National Team.
1:12.0	Hello, Flamethrowers.
1:13.1	It's Shereen here.
1:14.5	I am humbled, and I would use the word excited, but I think considering the topic,
1:19.9	I'm just really grateful that Kelly Lindsay, former U.S.
1:23.4	Women's National Soccer Team player, who also coached the Avran women's national football team
1:27.9	and also had a stand as coach for the Moroccan women's national team is joining us today to talk
1:33.1	about this incredible initiative to evacuate and rescue of Rahn athletes to safety. Kelly, hi.
1:42.8	Hello, Shereen. Nice to see you. Nice to talk to you. Nice to reconnect.
1:48.1	Yeah. Thank you for always responding to my WhatsApp. And again, everybody, she knows that I leave
1:54.6	voice notes because I hate typing. So also, it's really good to see you. I can't begin to imagine.
2:02.5	And for those who actually don't know, Kelly had been instrumental in, I don't even
2:08.6	know if initiative is the correct word, project or, you know, evacuation.
2:14.1	Evacuation is like, yeah, well, just you say that then evacuation uh to literally rescue
2:20.3	of khan athletes either within the margins or marginalized themselves from you know
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