COPENHAGEN (REUTERS) - The former captain of the Afghan women's soccer team has urged players to delete social media, erase public identities and burn their kits for safety's sake now that the country is again under Taleban rule.

Copenhagen-based Khalida Popal told Reuters in a video interview on Wednesday (Aug 18) that the militants had killed, raped and stoned women in the past and female footballers were scared of what the future might hold.