Afghan journalist is forced to sell food on the streets due to the economic crisis following the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban. A former journalist was found selling food on the street shows one social media post.
His picture was shared by former Afghan journalist Kabir Haqmal. In his Twitter post, he said: “This is the life of a journalist in #طالب under #افغانستان. Musa Mohammadi has worked as a reporter/spokesperson in the media for many years and today he has no other way to support his family and sell food by the roadside. There is no shame in poverty and earning halal food.”
Journalists life in #Afghanistan under the #Taliban. Musa Mohammadi worked for years as anchor & reporter in different TV channels, now has no income to fed his family. & sells street food to earn some money. #Afghans suffer unprecedented poverty after the fall of republic. pic.twitter.com/nCTTIbfZN3
— Kabir Haqmal🇦🇫 (@Haqmal) June 15, 2022
In another part of the tweet, the former journalist said that it is alarming how well-off people in the country are being hit hard by the economic crisis. “But it is also important to look at how the well-to-do people in a country have reached this stage, and what will happen to the poor. We don’t know what to call the change. The rule of the Islamic system at the behest of Pakistan or the wrath of Almighty Allah and the punishment of our ingratitude? To us, however, this second name seems right,” Kabir Haqmal said in this tweet.
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Meanwhile, female TV presenters in Afghanistan have been put under strict regulations to cover themselves when appearing on TV by the Taliban.
Last month, Afghanistan’s supreme leader issued a diktat for women to cover up fully in public, including their faces, ideally with the traditional burqa.
The feared Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice ordered women TV presenters to follow suit. Previously they had only been required to wear a headscarf.
The female presenters are agitated and furious about the decision. They believe after being asked to cover their faces the next thing they will be asked is to stop working by the Taliban.