Dozens of female footballers and their families have managed to escape from Afghanistan across the border to Pakistan, including one group who'd been in hiding after their homes were burned down and some relatives were captured by the Taliban. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)

But there are entire communities left behind who are now living in fear, like the Hazara minority, who are reluctant to believe Taliban promises that they won't be persecuted.

We have been to the largely Hazara province of Bamiyan to find out more.

Producer: Anna McIntosh
Camera operator/editor: Soren Munk

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