Afghanistan news network broadcasts rare all-women panel discussion on Women’s Day

‘Whether you want it or not, women exist in this society’

A nearly 50-minute-long panel hosted by Tolo news presenter Sonia Niazi spoke about the problems and demands of Afghan women under Taliban rule (YouTube/ TOLO News)

An Afghanistan news network held a rare, nearly 50-minute broadcast with an all-female panel on its studio on International Women’s Day.

The women panelists, who wore face masks, spoke about the position of women in Islam. This is the first time such a news discussion took place in the country after the hardline Taliban took control.

Women have been forced out of Afghanistan’s workforce in the last year and denied education after the Taliban reneged on its promise to have a more moderate rule than last time.