Female journalists in Afghanistan are fearing for their lives: 'Death threatens us at every moment'

Female Afghan journalists.
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Now that Afghanistan has effectively fallen into the hands of the Taliban, female Afghan journalists are bracing themselves for retribution from the militant group, reports The Guardian.

"In the last 24 hours, our lives have changed and we have been confined to our homes, and death threatens us at every moment," said one anonymous female reporter. "We see silence filled with fear of the Taliban around us."

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.