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John Kerry practices soccer skills during meeting with Afghan women

By Arshad Mohammed, Reuters

Secretary of State John Kerry met Afghan businesswomen in Kabul on Monday in an effort to show U.S. commitment to women's rights - at one point heading a soccer ball with a 22-year-old female player.

Zahra Mahmoodi, captain of the Afghan women's national soccer team, asked Kerry for help to build a dedicated stadium where women and girls could play soccer.

Speaking to Reuters afterwards, she said she was particularly worried about a return of the Taliban after 2014.

"Yes, I am worried about that but I don't want to think about it," she said with a nervous laugh. "If the Taliban come back there will be no human rights and I think that it will be even worse than the past." Read the full story.

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