A female journalist interviewing a Taliban spokesperson fled Afghanistan after the Taliban occupied Kabul. CNN Report.
On August 17, TOLO news host Beheshta Arghand interviewed Mawlawi Abdulhaq Hemad, a senior Taliban representative, in a live broadcast.This is Premiere by a domestic female reporter Since the organization took over Kabul on August 15.
Arghand, 24, told CNN that she still feels dangerous for her in Afghanistan. On Tuesday, she left on a Qatar flight with other family members.
“I left this country because, like millions of people, I am afraid of the Taliban,” she told the media.
Saad Mohseni, TOLO’s boss, told CNN that most of the well-known reporters of this independent media had fled for safety reasons.
“We face the double challenge of getting people to leave [because they feel unsafe] And proceed with surgery,” Mohseni told CNN.
The Taliban have stated that it is rebranding itself to be more moderate. They stated that they would not pursue those who worked with the previous government or the United States, and that women’s rights would be protected.
“I am still surprised that people are afraid of the Taliban,” Hemad told Arghand in their interview.
When the organization ruled Afghanistan, Women are forbidden to work and go to school And not to leave home without male relatives.
It is not clear whether the Taliban will resume their previous way of ruling Afghanistan.
Alhand told CNN that she was interviewed by Hemad “for Afghan women”, but it was difficult.
“I told myself,’One of us must start… If we stay at home or don’t go to the office, they will say ladies don’t want to work,’ but I said to myself,’Start working,'” Alhand told the United States Cable News Network. “I said to Taliban members,’We want our rights. We want work. We want-we must-be in society. This is our right.'”
She contacted a human rights activist Malala Yusufzai People she had interviewed before, asked for help to leave the country. Yousafzai survived the assassination attempt by the Pakistani Taliban in 2012.
Alhand said that as long as the Taliban keep their promises, she hopes to return to her homeland one day.
