Afghan Rescue: The Women Left Behind

When the Taliban swept in and seized control of Kabul in August 2021, it caused panic across the country, particularly for women who had challenged the Taliban's decades old restrictions on their rights and freedoms. Plans were hastily drawn up to evacuate Afghanistan's high profile female footballers to Australia, Portugal, Albania and the UK. But BBC Newsnight has uncovered that around half of those on that rescue flight were not genuine players. Yasminara Khan reports on the plight of the women who were left behind.