UK-Based Afghan Writer Pleads for Country's 'Abandoned' Women
Joya says Taliban restrictions have closed schools and public life to women and girls, leaving Afghan women isolated and calling for international accountability.
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AlKhaleej TodayUK-based Afghan writer pleads for country’s ‘abandoned’ women
LONDON, Aug 15 — Afghanistan’s women are “fighting alone” against discrimination by the Taliban authorities and feel abandoned by the world, Afghan journalist Zahra Joya told AFP.“I lost everything in my country five years ago,” she said in an interview in London.The founder in 2020 of Rukhshana Media — a news agency which aims to amplify the voices and stories of Afghan women — the 34-year-old left Kabul in 2021 after the Taliban movement retur…
UK-based Afghan writer pleads for country's 'abandoned' women
"I lost everything in my country five years ago," she said in an interview in London. The founder in 2020 of Rukhshana Media -- a news agency which aims to amplify the voices and stories of Afghan women -- the 34-year-old left Kabul in 2021 after the Taliban movement returned to power. As the fifth anniversary of that day loomed, she has struggled to come to terms with how her homeland has changed. "I really can't see or can't bear how (the) Ta…
'Fighting alone': UK-based Afghan writer pleads for country's 'abandoned' women
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