CNN's Clarissa Ward said Taliban soldiers had asked her to stand to the side because she is a woman.
about reporting in Afghanistan, saying that CNN would like to continue reporting in Kabul but reporters will leave if it becomes apparent they need to.
"We're definitely being exceptionally cautious and trying to ride this thing out in a calm manner," she said. She said that Afghan journalists—specifically women—are"absolutely petrified" and that many know they are targets for their outspokenness against the Taliban. "There are so many of them across the country, and they've been doing bold and incredible reporting for many years, and now there's a very real fear that they might face retaliations for that or that certainly they won't be able to do their work anymore," she said., and people commended her bravery for reporting on the ground there.
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