The team was formed in 2007 by the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee with players drawn from among selected school girls in Kabul.

Later in the year, the Afghan team traveled to Jordan to participate in the Islamic Countries Women's Football Tournament.

[15] On 25 August, the Australian government announced they had evacuated 75 Afghan women athletes including football players.

FIFPro and Popal worked with authorities in six countries, including Australia, the US, and the UK, to get athletes and their families airlifted out of Afghanistan.

The AFF released another statement that it would not allow any players based abroad to represent the country or intend to organize a women's national team at all due to the laws of the Taliban.