‘Afghan football talent killed during flight from Kabul with army plane’ | Football

sport">Zaki Anvari, like many compatriots, was desperate to flee the land conquered by the Taliban and paid for it with his life.

sport">Anvari’s body was found by American soldiers after the plane made an emergency landing in Qatar. The young man would have been 19 years old. According to his social media profile, he lived in Kabul. When he was 16 years old, he played football for the national youth team of Afghanistan.

sport">Friends and relatives pay tribute to him on social media. “A friend with whom I made the most unforgettable memories of my life. His loss is unimaginable,” wrote one. Others also describe him as a very sweet and warm person.

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sport">In recent days, horrific images showed Afghans desperately clinging to departing planes at Kabul airport and then falling tens and sometimes hundreds of meters after take-off.

sport">According to a US Army officer, the soldiers on board noticed something was wrong when the landing gear failed to collapse after takeoff. Upon landing, it turned out that there were stowaways in the space where the wheels normally fold in.

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