THEL courage of Afghan women It is extraordinary. But unfortunately their strenuous fight against oppression by the Taliban regimenot only challenges prohibitions, but harsh punishments that too often have the power to bring down even the most determined ones.
Burqa, the challenge of TV presenters
And so, after trying to rebel, too the presenters and journalistswhich you were presented in videos not covered by the burqaon the other hand, they will have to adapt to the provisions: on TV with their faces completely covered, except for the eyes.
After twenty years, the Taliban again impose the full veil on women
The veil is no longer enough
So they will have to air after the last order of the Taliban. The supreme leader of the Islamic group has indeed reintroduced the burqa. And if until a month ago the scarf covering the hair was enough, now women have to cover themselves completely to show themselves in public, including television.
But the protagonists of the main television broadcasters Afghans challenged the regime. And on the first day this law came into effect, they protested by broadcasting with their faces uncovered.
Without burqa, without work
«We tried to oppose the use of the full veil»Declared a presenter of TOLOnews, Sonia Niazi. “But the broadcaster immediately said that any presenter who did not have their face completely covered she would be moved to another job“.
A female presenter for Tolo News, Sonia Niazi, covers her face in a live broadcast at Tolo TV station in Kabul on May 22, 2022. – Women presenters on Afghanistan’s leading news channels went on air May 22 with their faces covered, a day after defying a Taliban order to conceal their appearance on television. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP) (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP via Getty Images)
The great fear of women, however justified given the facts, is that the Taliban will not stop there, but that “the next thing that will be decided will be to ban them from working“.
Mohammad Sadeq Akif Mohajir, spokesman for the Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, denied that the Taliban authorities want to force the presenters to leave their jobs. But she said, however: “We are happy that the channels have correctly exercised their responsibility.” A statement that says it all.
The return of the full veil
After twenty years that the burqa was no longer usedIn a decree a few days ago, the supreme leader of the Taliban, Hibatullah Akhundzada, ordered women to wear the burqa again in public.
But not only. Because in the decree it is also written women who do not have important duties to perform would be better off “staying at home”.
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