The Taliban have stopped a female journalist working as a news anchor on an Afghan TV channel from working, saying the system has changed.
As soon as the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the first unexpected announcement was that the Taliban had instructed female government employees to return to the department and perform their services, while Taliban leader Maulvi Abdul Haq Hamad told TOLOnews after the capture of Kabul. The female anchor Beheshta Arghand surprised everyone by giving an interview. Taliban didn't allow my ex-colleague here in @TOLOnews and famous anchor of the State-owned @rtapashto Shabnam Dawran to start her work today.
" Despite wearing a hijab & carrying correct ID, I was told by Taliban: The regime has changed. Go home"#Afghanistan #Talban pic.twitter.com/rXK7LWvddX
However, Radio Television Afghanistan's news anchor Shabnam Durran said in a video message on the social networking site Twitter that he went to his channel after the situation returned to normal, but the Taliban there let my male colleges go and me. Stopped from entering the office.
Shabnam Durran further said that I also showed my office card and I was also in hijab but still the Taliban there said that now the system has changed so now you go back home. "We are receiving threats that the world powers need to pay attention to," she said.
On the other hand, a group of women working for human rights demonstrated in the capital to include women in the affairs of state and to allow them to work in public and private offices.
The women said that in the last 20 years, women have made progress in important fields and served the country. All this hard work cannot be wasted.
