Effort underway to rescue girls soccer team from Afghanistan
By ALEX SANZ and TAMMY WEBBER (AP) — They move from place to place at a moment's notice in a desperate bid to evade the Taliban — girls whose lives are in danger simply because they chose to play a sport they loved. An international effort to evacuate members of the Afghanistan national girls soccer team, along with dozens of family members and soccer federation staff, suffered a crushing setback last