Afghanistan's first female Olympian urges Canada to speed asylum process for refugees

One of Afghanistan's first two female Olympians is urging Canada to help female athletes escape the country.

Friba Rezayee who lives in Vancouver, says her phone lit up with messages from women pleading for help after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban last month.

Rezayee is also the founder of Women Leaders of Tomorrow, an organization that supports Afghan women with athletic and educational opportunities.

The federal government says it has received assurances from the Taliban that Afghan citizens with travel authorization from other countries will be allowed to leave the country, but it warns the security situation remains unstable.