The takeover of power by the Taliban in Afghanistan, a nightmare for many at home and abroad – but especially for many women who now fear the loss of everything they have fought for over the past twenty years. Shabnam Khan Dawran is a well-known moderator in Afghanistan and had to experience firsthand that now, under the Taliban, a different wind is blowing. “I’ve been a journalist for six years and I work for the Mili TV station. I learned that the rules for news television had changed under the Taliban. I took all my courage and went to the office. But the soldiers of the new rulers have prevented me from doing my job. The system has changed. I was sent home. I asked the world to help me because my life is in danger. ” What the moderator says raises doubts about what the Taliban recently announced. During a press conference, they had assured that women were welcome in the newly formed Afghan government. One of the Taliban spokespersons had also been interviewed by a journalist on television. Khalid Popal also sees danger in the air. She was once the captain of the Afghan women’s national soccer team and has spoken from Copenhagen. “Unfortunately I have to say to the players in Afghanistan: Protect yourself, burn your jerseys. It’s painful for me as an activist who has stood up and done everything to bring the women’s national team forward. We were so proud to represent our country . I have done everything for it, with so many other women and men in Afghanistan, we have made so many sacrifices to bring Afghanistan to this level. What we are seeing now is a country that is collapsing. All the pride, the joy, to be there and encourage women and men – it seems to me that all of this has been in vain. ” The Taliban cannot be trusted, she is certain of that. She remembers well the times of oppression, stoning, murders and burns. Her colleagues, the female soccer players in Afghanistan, she is convinced, are now in mortal danger again.
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