On Thursday, the Taliban regime ordered all female TV presenters to cover their faces during the broadcast.
This order is the latest example of the Islamist regime’s failure to fulfill the unrealistic “reformist” expectations of the United Nations.
Associated press (AP) quoted independent Afghan news outlet TOLO News as saying Taliban orders from the Ministry of Virtue and Deputy Minister, and the Ministry of Information and Culture, that requests for face masks were “definite and unspoken”.
“We spoke to media representatives yesterday… they welcomed our recommendation” argued Akif Mahajar, Virtue Representative and Deputy Minister. He pointed out that the implementation of this “recommendation” should begin no later than Saturday.
Mahahar said medical hygiene masks are enough to hide women’s faces. He did not answer questions about the penalty for disobedience.
Basira Joya, 20, newscaster, sits at a recording session for Zan (women’s television) in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 30, 2017. Release reported by the country’s largest media on Thursday, May 19, 2022 (AP Photo/Rahmat) Gül)
The AP reported that the reaction of the Afghan media was a mixture of fearful obedience and cynical resistance:
A spokesperson for the local Afghan media confirmed that his residence had received the order and said it could not be disputed. He said the station had no other choice. He spoke on the condition that he and his residence not be named, as he feared problems with the authorities.
Several female MCs and MCs posted photos of them wearing masks while presenting the shows on social media. A well-known TOLO presenter, Yalda Ali, posted a video of her wearing a face mask with the headline “Woman is bathing by order of the Ministry of Virtue and Deputy Minister”.
At a station called Shamshad TV, order execution was mixed, with a female presenter arriving on Thursday wearing a mask and appearing without her later that day and showing her face.
This was reported by an unidentified woman working at a local television station. Reuters His office has already been visited by Taliban militants.
After the disastrous departure of President Joe Biden, the United Nations allowed the Taliban to take back Afghanistan with lightning speed. kind question A new “Islamic Emirate” for human rights. UN officials hoped to work with the Taliban 2.0 and pledged that terrorist attacks’ “greater respect for human rights, particularly women’s rights.”
A few months after UN Secretary-General António Guterres took power, to complain About the “broken promises” made by the Taliban to Afghan women and girls.
“Eighty percent of Afghanistan’s economy is informal and dominated by women. “Without them, the Afghan economy and society will not recover,” Guterres told the Taliban.
The so-called “moderateness” of the Islamic Emirate began in early May when women It has been ordered For their male relatives who do not comply with the dress code, they wear head-to-toe headgear in pain of death. Women were told to stay in their homes unless they could arrange for a male escort. Girls were not allowed to go to school after the sixth grade.
The UN however vote In March it established an official mission to “respond to the urgent humanitarian and economic crisis” in Afghanistan.
The UN resolution says the permanent mission will engage in close consultation with “all relevant actors and stakeholders in Afghan politics”, including the Taliban regime.
Source: Breitbart
