Afghanistan female TV anchors defy Taliban by continuing to present on news channel
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Tolo News, Afghanistan's most popular 24-hour news channel, resumed its broadcast with female anchors on Tuesday and one even interviewed a Taliban official, a stunning sight considering how much women's rights were stifled under their previous rule.
A female anchor from ToloNews interviewed a top Taliban official in the studio today, which was unimaginable when the Taliban governed Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001.
TOLONews, one of Afghanistan's leading news organisations, has re-started broadcasting with female anchors today.
The channel's head of news Miraqa Popal made the announcement in a tweet.
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"Our female presenter is interviewing a Taliban media team member live in our studio," Tolo's head of news, Miraqa Popal, wrote on Twitter.
Our female presenter is interviewing a Taliban media team member live in our studio @TOLOnews #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/G6qq1KWKOH
— Miraqa Popal (@MiraqaPopal) August 17, 2021
Earlier on, Popal said: "We resumed our broadcast with female anchors today. @TOLOnews #Afghanistan." Popal said, adding a photo of a female anchor presenting the news on the channel to his tweet.
We resumed our broadcast with female anchors today.@TOLOnews #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/YLqtJEYceL
— Miraqa Popal (@MiraqaPopal) August 17, 2021
Women journalists were also seen reporting live from Kabul's streets.
#Afghanistan: A female Afghan journalist of @TOLOnews reporting live today from the streets of Kabul. pic.twitter.com/dyRZM3m9bh
— Ahmer Khan (@ahmermkhan) August 17, 2021
Since the Taliban took control of Kabul on August 15, women have been conspicuously absent from all major Afghan news networks.
TOLOnews and the Taliban making history again: Abdul Haq Hammad, senior Taliban rep, speaking to our (female) presenter Beheshta earlier this morning. Unthinkable two decades ago when they were last in charge @TOLOnews pic.twitter.com/XzREQ6ZJ1a
— Saad Mohseni (@saadmohseni) August 17, 2021
(With inputs from agencies)
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