Afghanistan's female TV presenters must cover their faces, say Taliban

[sammuel]

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Afghanistan's female TV presenters must cover their faces, say Taliban​

The Taliban have ordered female Afghan TV presenters and other women on screen to cover their faces while on air.
Media outlets were told of the decree on Wednesday, a religious police spokesman told BBC Pashto.
The ruling comes two weeks after all women were ordered to wear a face veil in public, or risk punishment.
Restrictions are being tightened on women - they are banned from travelling without a male guardian and secondary schools are shut for girls.
One female Afghan journalist working for a local TV station in Kabul, who did not want to be named, said she'd been shocked to hear the latest news.
"They are putting indirect pressure on us to stop us presenting on TV," she told the BBC.

"How can I read the news with my mouth covered? I don't know what to do now - I must work, I am the breadwinner of my family."The new decree will take effect from 21 May, Reuters news agency reported, quoting a spokesman for the Taliban's Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue.


The spokesman referred to the ruling as "advice" - it is not clear what will happen to anyone who fails to comply.
"Based on information received by Tolo news, the order has been issued to all media outlets in Afghanistan," the news channel reported.

The decision is being widely criticised on Twitter, with many calling it another step by the Taliban to promote extremism.
"The world deploys masks to protect people from Covid. The Taliban deploys masks to protect people from seeing the faces of women journalists. For the Taliban, women are a disease," one activist tweeted.
The private Shamshad news channel posted a photo of its news presenter wearing a mask, and other similar images are being shared on social media.


During their first stint in power in the 1990s the Taliban forced women to wear the all-encompassing burka in public.
The hardline Islamist movement was driven from power by US-led troops in 2001, after which many restrictions eased. Women appearing on television showing their faces became a common sight.
After retaking power last August, following the withdrawal of foreign forces, the Taliban had held off issuing new laws on what women should wear.
This raised hopes they would govern Afghanistan, a deeply conservative and patriarchal country, more flexibly this time.

Most Muslims around the world do not consider women covering their face mandatory, or oppose them working.
Women are still employed in some jobs in Afghanistan, such as healthcare and education, but many others have been told not to return to work now the Taliban are back in power.

The country has been plunged into economic crisis and famine under Taliban rule.

Western diplomats have indicated that resuming development funding and unlocking frozen cash depends on better treatment of women.
But early hopes the Taliban might relax their approach have been eroded amid signs influential hardliners in the group have the upper hand.
The journalist in Kabul who spoke to the BBC wanted the international community to put pressure on the Taliban.
"They should tell them you have 10 days to change otherwise we are going to cut off relations and aid."

She said she believed the Taliban planned to stop women doing all kinds of work outside their homes. "They want women to live like prisoners at home. Every day they issued decrees against us - I don't think we can survive."

Afghanistan's female TV presenters must cover their faces, say Taliban

Women's faces are banned from TV screens as Afghanistan's rulers further tighten restrictions.

www.bbc.com

 

[Faqirze]

And some were saying this is a "new and improved" Taliban LOL, it was only about time they ended the façade and started enforcing 7th century laws

 

[lastofthepatriots]

And some were saying this is a "new and improved" Taliban LOL, it was only about time they ended the façade and started enforcing 7th century laws

They are new and improved, stupid. Back in the late 90’s, women weren’t even allowed to leave the house.

 

[_NOBODY_]

And some were saying this is a "new and improved" Taliban LOL, it was only about time they ended the façade and started enforcing 7th century laws

Shit like this didn't happen in 7th century Arabia.

 

[El Sidd]

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Afghanistan's female TV presenters must cover their faces, say Taliban​

The Taliban have ordered female Afghan TV presenters and other women on screen to cover their faces while on air.
Media outlets were told of the decree on Wednesday, a religious police spokesman told BBC Pashto.
The ruling comes two weeks after all women were ordered to wear a face veil in public, or risk punishment.
Restrictions are being tightened on women - they are banned from travelling without a male guardian and secondary schools are shut for girls.
One female Afghan journalist working for a local TV station in Kabul, who did not want to be named, said she'd been shocked to hear the latest news.
"They are putting indirect pressure on us to stop us presenting on TV," she told the BBC.

"How can I read the news with my mouth covered? I don't know what to do now - I must work, I am the breadwinner of my family."The new decree will take effect from 21 May, Reuters news agency reported, quoting a spokesman for the Taliban's Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue.


The spokesman referred to the ruling as "advice" - it is not clear what will happen to anyone who fails to comply.
"Based on information received by Tolo news, the order has been issued to all media outlets in Afghanistan," the news channel reported.

The decision is being widely criticised on Twitter, with many calling it another step by the Taliban to promote extremism.
"The world deploys masks to protect people from Covid. The Taliban deploys masks to protect people from seeing the faces of women journalists. For the Taliban, women are a disease," one activist tweeted.
The private Shamshad news channel posted a photo of its news presenter wearing a mask, and other similar images are being shared on social media.


During their first stint in power in the 1990s the Taliban forced women to wear the all-encompassing burka in public.
The hardline Islamist movement was driven from power by US-led troops in 2001, after which many restrictions eased. Women appearing on television showing their faces became a common sight.
After retaking power last August, following the withdrawal of foreign forces, the Taliban had held off issuing new laws on what women should wear.
This raised hopes they would govern Afghanistan, a deeply conservative and patriarchal country, more flexibly this time.

Most Muslims around the world do not consider women covering their face mandatory, or oppose them working.
Women are still employed in some jobs in Afghanistan, such as healthcare and education, but many others have been told not to return to work now the Taliban are back in power.

The country has been plunged into economic crisis and famine under Taliban rule.

Western diplomats have indicated that resuming development funding and unlocking frozen cash depends on better treatment of women.
But early hopes the Taliban might relax their approach have been eroded amid signs influential hardliners in the group have the upper hand.
The journalist in Kabul who spoke to the BBC wanted the international community to put pressure on the Taliban.
"They should tell them you have 10 days to change otherwise we are going to cut off relations and aid."

She said she believed the Taliban planned to stop women doing all kinds of work outside their homes. "They want women to live like prisoners at home. Every day they issued decrees against us - I don't think we can survive."

Afghanistan's female TV presenters must cover their faces, say Taliban

Women's faces are banned from TV screens as Afghanistan's rulers further tighten restrictions.

www.bbc.com

Thread 'Afghanistan's female TV presenters must cover their faces, say Taliban' https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/afgh...rs-must-cover-their-faces-say-taliban.742637/

Coincidence or you both employed by the same franchise?

 

[Hack-Hook]

They are new and improved, stupid. Back in the late 90’s, women weren’t even allowed to leave the house.

they are new and improved and they learned from their mistakes , in 90s they decided to implement all the nonsense in a single move , but now they do all the nonsense step to step.

 

[lastofthepatriots]

they are new and improved and they learned from their mistakes , in 90s they decided to implement all the nonsense in a single move , but now they do all the nonsense step to step.

Perhaps they will relax with time like your mullah regime.

 

[jamahir]

Perhaps they will relax with time like your mullah regime.

No time should be given for "relaxation". These anti-Islam anti-human criminals and oppressors should be overthrown.

 

[lastofthepatriots]

No time should be given for "relaxation". These anti-Islam anti-human criminals and oppressors should be overthrown.

You should board the flight and fateh Afghanistan, man.

Talk is cheap.


You either die a revolutionary, or live long enough to become a capitalist.

 

[sammuel]

Thread 'Afghanistan's female TV presenters must cover their faces, say Taliban' https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/afgh...rs-must-cover-their-faces-say-taliban.742637/

Coincidence or you both employed by the same franchise?

I believe i beat the credit for the scoop , by exactly one minute.

As for topic .

How can you tell a person , they can not show their face in public ?

Our face is how people identify who we are. It is how our neighbors recognize us when they say good morning .

To ban people from showing their face is to isolate them from any healthy meaningful social interaction. And we are social beings.

How can someone covered in hood really interact with others ? Forcing someone to cover their face is like throwing him. in some prison of isolation.


This also limits their ability to work , something many afghan families depend on.

Afghanistan already has one of the highest rates of illiteracy in the world - now they want to cause problems for all those woman school teachers , to make things worse ?

And they dare do that in the name of religion ? How does it contribute to that , if most Afghans cant even read the Quran ?

It is not only unjust but counter productive, a society that cripples itself.



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[Faqirze]

They are new and improved, stupid. Back in the late 90’s, women weren’t even allowed to leave the house.

Well, I guess that's for a start.

 

[Hack-Hook]

Perhaps they will relax with time like your mullah regime.

my mullah regime did not relax, were you aware that my mother didn't wear Hijab until 2.5 year after revolution

 

[lastofthepatriots]

my mullah regime did not relax, were you aware that my mother didn't wear Hijab until 2.5 year after revolution

I heard girls only partially cover their head in Iran now.

 

[RescueRanger]

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Afghanistan's female TV presenters must cover their faces, say Taliban​

The Taliban have ordered female Afghan TV presenters and other women on screen to cover their faces while on air.
Media outlets were told of the decree on Wednesday, a religious police spokesman told BBC Pashto.
The ruling comes two weeks after all women were ordered to wear a face veil in public, or risk punishment.
Restrictions are being tightened on women - they are banned from travelling without a male guardian and secondary schools are shut for girls.
One female Afghan journalist working for a local TV station in Kabul, who did not want to be named, said she'd been shocked to hear the latest news.
"They are putting indirect pressure on us to stop us presenting on TV," she told the BBC.

"How can I read the news with my mouth covered? I don't know what to do now - I must work, I am the breadwinner of my family."The new decree will take effect from 21 May, Reuters news agency reported, quoting a spokesman for the Taliban's Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue.


The spokesman referred to the ruling as "advice" - it is not clear what will happen to anyone who fails to comply.
"Based on information received by Tolo news, the order has been issued to all media outlets in Afghanistan," the news channel reported.

The decision is being widely criticised on Twitter, with many calling it another step by the Taliban to promote extremism.
"The world deploys masks to protect people from Covid. The Taliban deploys masks to protect people from seeing the faces of women journalists. For the Taliban, women are a disease," one activist tweeted.
The private Shamshad news channel posted a photo of its news presenter wearing a mask, and other similar images are being shared on social media.


During their first stint in power in the 1990s the Taliban forced women to wear the all-encompassing burka in public.
The hardline Islamist movement was driven from power by US-led troops in 2001, after which many restrictions eased. Women appearing on television showing their faces became a common sight.
After retaking power last August, following the withdrawal of foreign forces, the Taliban had held off issuing new laws on what women should wear.
This raised hopes they would govern Afghanistan, a deeply conservative and patriarchal country, more flexibly this time.

Most Muslims around the world do not consider women covering their face mandatory, or oppose them working.
Women are still employed in some jobs in Afghanistan, such as healthcare and education, but many others have been told not to return to work now the Taliban are back in power.

The country has been plunged into economic crisis and famine under Taliban rule.

Western diplomats have indicated that resuming development funding and unlocking frozen cash depends on better treatment of women.
But early hopes the Taliban might relax their approach have been eroded amid signs influential hardliners in the group have the upper hand.
The journalist in Kabul who spoke to the BBC wanted the international community to put pressure on the Taliban.
"They should tell them you have 10 days to change otherwise we are going to cut off relations and aid."

She said she believed the Taliban planned to stop women doing all kinds of work outside their homes. "They want women to live like prisoners at home. Every day they issued decrees against us - I don't think we can survive."

Afghanistan's female TV presenters must cover their faces, say Taliban

Women's faces are banned from TV screens as Afghanistan's rulers further tighten restrictions.

www.bbc.com

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[SinanPasha]

Slowly but surely, women will begin to leave Afghanistan like women were leaving Saudi Arabia. Afghanistan may become a male majority society. This is not going to be good for Afghanistan in the long run