The Taliban is banning female journalists at a state television outlet from coming to work, reports
The Taliban is already banning two female presenters at state-run Radio Television Afghanistan from coming to work work, according to the Washington Post and the Committee to Protect Journalists.
The Taliban, despite its public commitments to allowing women in public life, has a long track record of hostility to a free press and to women serving in public-facing roles. The group has ramped up its attacks on the media in recent months, and its retaking of Afghanistan is already rolling back much of the progress of the last 20 years on press freedom and women's equality in the country.
One female anchor at RTA, Khadija Amin, showed up to work to find that a male anchor had taken her place, with the new Taliban leadership of the outlet telling her to "stay at home for a few more days."
"There has been a change in the programs … [and] there are no female presenters or female journalists," Amin said, according to independent Tolo News.
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