As troops exit, Britain aids soccer in Afghanistan

The paths that took Wayne Rooney and Islamuddin Amiri into football couldn't have been more different. When a 9-year-old Rooney was catching the eye of talent spotters in Liverpool in 1995 and joining up with Premier League club Everton, Amiri was enduring hardship and horror under Taliban rule in Kabul, where Afghanistan's national stadium was used for public executions and brutal punishments. Almost two decades later, Rooney and Amiri met this month on a training field as footballing

As troops exit, Britain aids soccer in Afghanistan 2014-09-15T09:18:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown