'I left the country because, like millions of people, I fear the Taliban.' This journalist fled Afghanistan following a groundbreaking TV interview with a Taliban spokesman.
Arghand, a female anchor at TOLO, an Afghan news network, interviewed a senior Taliban representative on the air. The interview garnered headlines around the world.Two days later, Arghand did it again, interviewing Malala Yousafzai, the activist who survived a Taliban assassination attempt, in what TOLO described as the first time Yousafzai had ever been interviewed on Afghan TV.Arghand was blazing a trail, but her work has been put on hold.
Arghand studied journalism at Kabul University for four years. She worked at several news agencies and radio stations for short periods of time, then joined TOLONews as a presenter earlier this year."I worked there for one month and 20 days, then the Taliban came," she recalled.
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