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Afshan Ashiq: Stone-pelting Kashmiri girl scores a goal for women’s football

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Last year, Afshan Ashiq’s picture as an angry Kashmiri girl pelting stones at the J&K police, got her into national media spotlight. She was an avid footballer and turned around her sporting career. She also helped introduce many young Kashmiri girls to what was hitherto a male-dominated sport. The photograph got her “noticed” as the “Kashmiri footballer forced to vent …

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