Doha: Afghan television anchor Behesha Arghand collects breath and adjusts the jilly to look more like a traditional hijab that is right when a Taliban official appears, without being invited, in his studio, asking for interviewees.
It was only two days after the Islamic group took over Kabul.
He looked at his body to ensure that no other part was shown and started shooting his question.
Direct interviews made headlines throughout the world when he became the first Afghan female journalist who imitated members of the hardline group.
“(Fortunately) I always wear long clothes in the studio because we have different people with different thoughts,” to the 23-year-old player told Reuters in Doha, where he had lived since the flee from Afghanistan on August 24 with the help of gifts Nobel Winner Malala Yousafzai.
“Women – Taliban they don’t accept.
When a group of people don’t accept you as a human being, they have some pictures in your mind, it’s very difficult,” he said.
Interview, part of a wider Taliban media campaign, aims to show a more moderate face when they promise to respect women’s rights and include other Afghan factions in a sharing agreement.
Arghan was already in the studio when Taliban officials arrived.
“I saw that they came (to television station).
I was surprised, I lost my control …
I said to myself that maybe they came to ask why I came to the studio,” he added.
It was about a week before his life turned into a nightmare, he said.
He said the Taliban ordered his employer tolo news to enforce that all women had to wear a headscarf – carefully covered their heads but let the face open – and then suspend the woman’s anchor at another station.
He said the Islamic group also asked local media to stop talking about their takeover and government.
“When you can’t (even) asking easy questions, how you can become a journalist,” Arghand said.
Many of his colleagues have left the country at that time even though there are guarantees of the Taliban that media freedom increases every day and that women will have access to education and work.
He immediately followed, with his mother, sister and brother.
They joined tens of thousands of foreigners and citizens of Afghanistan who participated in the evacuation led A.S …
“I called Malala and asked him if he could do something for me,” he said.
He said Yousafzai, who he interviewed, helped bring him on the Qatar Evakare list.
Yousafzai, who had talked about his concern for the salvation of women and women, especially after takeover, congratulated a Gunman of the Taliban Pakistan in 2012, after he was targeted at his campaign for his efforts later to deny his efforts.
Looking back, Arghand said he realized how much he loved his country and the profession he chose for his family’s mind.
“When I sat on the plane, I said to myself that now you have nothing,” he said.
(Writing by Aziz El Yaakoubi; Edit by Alison Williams)
Afghan news anchor makes history, then must leave it
