22 Aug 2021

Women journalists fear for their lives as Taliban takes over

From Sunday Morning, 8:10 am on 22 August 2021

*Aadila is a 20-something journalist who runs a news room in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul called Rukshana. It has become her personal battle to give women a voice. However, Afghanistan's female journalists, in particular, have had much to fear from the Taliban's surge, and she says it is becoming hard to even write. She joins the show from Kabul, where she is doing all she can to continue operating under the Taliban's radar. *Alias used to protect subject's identity

Taliban fighters stand guard along a roadside near the Zanbaq Square in Kabul on 16 August.

Taliban fighters stand guard along a roadside near the Zanbaq Square in Kabul on 16 August. Photo: AFP or licensors