Yesterday, Sunday, the TV presenters of the Afghan channel “TOLOnews” appeared masked. In this way, they showed their solidarity with their female colleagues who were prevented from appearing without a veil or veil.
On Thursday, a Taliban decree was issued banning from its date the appearance of female announcers on the screen without a veil, with the lower part of the face uncovered, or without the niqab.
“We were asked to implement this decision by the announced deadline, and today we did. But our arguments are twofold: First, in the recent decree of the leadership of the Islamic Emirate regarding the wearing of the hijab, there was no It clearly indicates that women should cover the faces of TV presenters. Second, the images of female announcers on TV are hypothetical and not the real presence of women, so TOLOnews stands by its position on this issue.”
Khatra Ahmadi, a presenter for the TV channel, also expressed her annoyance with the procedure and said in this regard: “I can’t breathe and speak normally. How can I lead the program?”
Her colleague Sonia Nizai commented that it was “very difficult” to host three-hour shows while they were wearing masks, and he was not prepared to impose such things.
The Afghan Ariana News channel reported on March 23 that the Afghan Ministry of Education had imposed a ban on girls attending middle and high schools, but the Minister of Interior in the Afghan interim government, Sirajuddin Haqqani, stated on May 16, that the Taliban had developed a series of measures that will allow girls Resuming studies after sixth grade.