'I was shaking': Female TV presenter describes interviewing the Taliban following takeover
Telegraph, 01 Sep 2021
Television newsreader Behishta Arghand said she was terrified during a live interview with the Taliban on Aug 17.
A Taliban official entered the newsroom and wanted to be interviewed live on air on the Afghan news channel ToloNews.
Ms Arghand said she had been shaking during the interview but wanted "to show all of the world Afghan women don't want to go back, they want forward".
The 22-year-old had only been working as a journalist for two-and-a-half years.
She had now fled to Qatar with her family and is now waiting for a visa to enter Canada or the United States.
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A Taliban official entered the newsroom and wanted to be interviewed live on air on the Afghan news channel ToloNews.
Ms Arghand said she had been shaking during the interview but wanted "to show all of the world Afghan women don't want to go back, they want forward".
The 22-year-old had only been working as a journalist for two-and-a-half years.
She had now fled to Qatar with her family and is now waiting for a visa to enter Canada or the United States.
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