Born and raised in Kabul, Mrs. Popal fled the country with her husband, Zubair Popal, and their three young children in 1980 before arriving in the United States in 1987.

Popal — then 23 and working as a investment associate at Merrill Lynch — and his siblings came up with the idea. They found a 900-square-foot space, hired a pastry chef and set up shop.

Khalida Popal, a founder and former captain of Afghanistan’s women’s national team, knows she is privileged to live with her mother and father in Denmark, a place of safety and freedom.

Popal is being held in an administrative segregated area of the Alameda County main jail and receives medication and some psychiatric treatment from time to time, Chang said. However, Popal has ...

Omeed Aziz Popal, 31, of Fremont, has remained in custody in a San Francisco jail ever since his arrest on Aug. 29, 2006, when earlier that afternoon he ran down more than a dozen pedestrians on ...

On August 15, Khalida Popal watched from Denmark as her country fell into the grip of the Taliban. Following nearly two decades of conflict, the insurgent militant group reclaimed Afghanistan’s ...

2006-11-22 11:35:00 PST SAN FRANCISCO-- A Fremont man was found competent today to stand trial for allegedly running down 18 people with his car in San Francisco. Omeed Aziz Popal, 29, faces 18 ...

A company backed by billionaire Anthoni Salim and entrepreneur Sugianto Kusuma plans to build a $2.5 billion tourism estate in coastal town north of Jakarta.

Terrence Wayne Cumber, 29, was convicted by a Richmond County jury on Friday in the June 2020 killing of Ahmad Popal in downtown Augusta, District Attorney Jared Williams announced.

Through all of the court hearings, Popal’s family has been present. They’ve watched their relative walk into court with shackles on, and sometimes only with handcuffs.

Popal, with the help of other women players and coaches, has helped dozens of players and their family members evacuate out of Afghanistan. Skip to main content Skip to navigation Menu ...

On August 15, Khalida Popal watched from Denmark as her country fell into the grip of the Taliban. Following nearly two decades of conflict, the insurgent militant group reclaimed Afghanistan’s ...