When Staci Freeman and her sister Jami Valentine first took in a child ravaged by war in Afghanistan last year, Arefa was a 6-year-old in Hello Kitty shoes, who quickly turned the daily routine of ...

She kept her head down, eyes fixed to the floor. Arefa was 6. Much of her face and hands had been singed, and a cloth hid a head wound that had not healed since a fire raged through her family's tent.

Arefa and her sister escaped Afghanistan from Kabul airport before American forces withdrew from the country. She speaks to Naga Munchetty about leaving her old life behind. Show more Arefa and ...

Arefa, 24, and 22-year-old Mina have been training twice a week in their local park since February to prepare for the tournament. "I want to represent my country, for every Afghan girl that doesn ...