. - i'm claire russo, and i was the leader of the mission to get the girls out of afghanistan.' soccer team wasn't written into my job description. it helps that my day job at the time was helping the us government figure out how to get people safely onto the airport and safely to evacuation. - claire russo was in charge of trying to find asylum for the girls, also being aware of what's happening on the ground as well with regards to the withdrawal, and all the details from the governmental side. (farkhunda speaks in foreign language) my role was taking care of the communication side of the mission, so i would essentially get details from the intelligence team, and then i was communicating with the girls through whatsapp, primarily voice memos. (farkhunda speaks in foreign language) (frishta speaks in foreign language) (sadaf speaks in foreign language) (frishta speaks in foreign language) (sadaf speaks in foreign language) a lot of the girls had to pick and choose which family members they can help, because the plane just won't have enough space for your family of 10 or 12. (b