Afghan women's football team reunites 8,000 miles from home after Taliban ban

Afghanistan's women's football team, which holds FIFA recognition, has reunited thousands of miles from home after the Taliban banned women from playing sport in Afghanistan. The players say football has given them freedom and independence. The team continues to operate in exile, far from their homeland.

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