By Alexander Wilson-
Intervention from the West is necessary to stop Taliban death squads from targeting it prominent women, and threatening their safety.
The Taliban Death Squad have been marking the doors of prominent Afghan women with paint as several female anchors are axed from TV in a chilling crackdown.
Since the jihadi army took over Kabul, Female journalists in Afghanistan have been “taken off air” as the Taliban’s reign of terror continues to induce fear in the war torn country. Some female journalists have even been destroying evidence of their historic journalistic work, out of fear for their safety.
Homira Rezai, who grew up in the war-torn country until she was 13 and now lives in Dudley, described how the militants were already drawing up lists of women to target for future punishments.
She told BBC Women’s Hour: “Just an hour ago, I received an update from Kabul where they are going house to house searching for women who were activists, women who were bloggers, YouTubers, any women who had a role in the development of civil society in Afghanistan.
“They are going door to door targeting those women and marking the doors with bright pink or bright-coloured paint to ensure ‘this is the house we need to come back to and do something about them’.”
The news comes after the Taliban said it will accept women in a future government in Afghanistan and announced a more general “amnesty” in the country, as the militant group seeks to ease widespread fears of a return to its brutal Islamist regime prior to the US-led invasion in 2001.
Joe Biden announced the withdrawal of U.S troops yesterday from Afghanistan, as matters in the country escalate out of hands.
The U.S government has said that staying in Afghanistan would mean additional US casualties, and continue a war that started two decades .The Taliban have regrouped and strengthened their hold in more remote areas ever since they were forced out of power by U.S troops and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 2001.
As the Uk prepares for an emergency operation to evacuate up to 4,000 British nationals, a deeper and more urgent call to stop monsters in Afghanistan from intimidating women, especially female journalists, is necessary.
Taliban Death Squad have been marking the doors of prominent Afghan women with paint as several female anchors are axed from TV in a chilling crackdown.
Since the jihadi army took over Kabul, Female journalists in Afghanistan have been “taken off air” as the Taliban’s reign of terror continues to induce fear in the war torn country.
A Taliban spokesperson insisted that the group’s “actions and deeds” are proof of its intention not to return to the heights of violence and discrimination against women seen during the former governmental regime.
Some women have resumed broadcasting at Afghan TV news stations, despite the threats.
TOLOnews, Afghanistan’s first 24-hours news and current affairs TV network, shared the update on Tuesday, revealing that two of its female journalists were reporting live from Kabul city and one was interviewing a Taliban media team member live in the studio.