{"id":42517,"date":"2026-06-12T11:34:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/42517\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T11:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:34:27","slug":"escaping-kabul-the-secret-operation-to-exfiltrate-the-afghan-womens-cycling-team-france-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/42517\/","title":{"rendered":"Escaping Kabul: The secret operation to exfiltrate the Afghan women&#8217;s cycling team \u2022 FRANCE 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Escaping Kabul: The secret operation to exfiltrate the Afghan women&#039;s cycling team \u2022 FRANCE 24\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HdKPhRClvZk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nEscaping Kabul: The secret operation to exfiltrate the Afghan women&#8217;s cycling team \u2022 FRANCE 24<br \/>\n<br \/>\nNearly five years ago, the Taliban seized control of Kabul and imposed Sharia law in Afghanistan. The women&#8217;s cycling team, which was due to take part in international competitions, found itself more threatened than ever before. An unprecedented plan was put in place to smuggle the professional cyclists out of the country in complete secrecy. Reporters Matteo Born and Alain Rimbert look back at this incredible operation.<br \/>\n#Afghanistan #women #exfiltration<\/p>\n<p>Read more about this story in our article: https:\/\/f24.my\/Bz7p.y<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 Subscribe to France 24 now: https:\/\/f24.my\/YTen<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd34 LIVE &#8211; Watch FRANCE 24 English 24\/7 here: https:\/\/f24.my\/YTliveEN<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf0d Read the latest International News and Top Stories: https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Like us on Facebook: https:\/\/f24.my\/FBen<br \/>\nFollow us on X: https:\/\/f24.my\/Xen<br \/>\nBluesky: https:\/\/f24.my\/BSen and Threads: https:\/\/f24.my\/THen<br \/>\nBrowse the news in pictures on Instagram: https:\/\/f24.my\/IGen<br \/>\nDiscover our TikTok videos: https:\/\/f24.my\/TKen<br \/>\nGet the latest top stories on Telegram: https:\/\/f24.my\/TGen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Escaping Kabul: The secret operation to exfiltrate the Afghan women&#8217;s cycling team \u2022 FRANCE 24 Nearly five years&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[1646,3299,40879,22,23,20,21,30036,4350,189,18355,5178,40880,14049],"class_list":["post-42517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-france24","tag-afghanistan","tag-cycling","tag-exfiltration","tag-france-24","tag-france-24-english","tag-france24","tag-france24-english","tag-kabul","tag-operation","tag-secret","tag-taliban","tag-women","tag-womens-cycling","tag-womens-rights"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/116736983300466744","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}