“In these conditions I come in front of the camera with all this fear in my heart but I smile,” Afghan TV host Yalda Ali says. “One smile can lift a nation for a day.”
“Women journalists are in the process of disappearing from the capital,” non-profit group Reporters Without BordersLast year, there were around 700 female journalists in Kabul, according to a joint survey by the group and the. By the end of last month, fewer than 100 were still formally working in privately-owned radio and TV stations in the Afghan capital, according to an investigation by Reporters Without Borders.
Outside Kabul, the picture is even starker. Most women journalists have been forced to stop working in the provinces, where almost all privately-owned media outlets ceased operating as Taliban forces advanced, the group said.So for Ali to go on air it takes guts, especially given TOLO TV's history with the Taliban.
for an attack in 2016 targeting TOLO TV workers, which left seven people dead, accusing the channel of “promoting obscenity, irreligiousness, foreign culture and nudity.”She still wears makeup, although less than before, and while she dresses more conservatively, she continues to smile. “In these conditions I come in front of the camera with all this fear in my heart but I smile,” she said. “One smile can lift a nation for a day.”Richard Engel
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