'They are afraid of an educated woman'

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Every new dawn in Afghanistan seems to bring with it a new Taliban edict against women. Tolo News – Afghanistan’s leading independent news channel – has been told by the Ministry of Virtue that its female presenters must cover their faces when anchoring. Tolo has a long history of success and sacrifice, with a display case in their bureau dedicated to two reporters killed in a bomb attack in 2018. Despite everything, it’s managed to stay on the air, and female staff play a leading role. But now their future is in jeopardy, as Christiane found out today when she visited their newsroom. Also on today's show: US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko, Afghanistan National Institute of Music founder Ahmad Naser Sarmast, Brown University Professor of Economics Emily Oster. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:05.4	where every new dawn seems to bring with it a new Taliban eating against women.
1:11.1	Tolo News, Afghanistan's leading independent news channel, has been told by the Ministry
1:17.1	of Virtue that its female presenters must cover their faces when anchoring. The station lost the vast majority of its staff
1:25.5	when the Taliban took over and journalists fled. Tolo News has a long history of
1:30.7	success and sacrifice. This display case shows two of their
1:35.1	reporters and damaged gear when they were killed in a bomb attack back in 2018.
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