The Afghanistan Women's Football Team - Part Three

In November 2021, 35 women and their families escaped from Afghanistan over the border to Pakistan. Women footballers were deemed at risk from the Taliban for participating in a sport as un-Islamic so they were granted visas by the home office. Last week, there was a report stating that a number of the players were not top tier players had been claimed at the time. The BBC spoke to a number of former Afghan players, coaches and officials who identified 13 individuals who they believed were not members of the team's listed. Many of the evacuees were described as members of the Herat youth team. But news night tracked down the team's former coach who now works in women's football in Italy