In what was unthinkable when Taliban last ruled Afghanistan from 1996-2001, a female anchor from ToloNews today interviewed a senior Taliban official in the studio.
TOLONews, one of Afghanistan's major media outlets, has resumed its broadcast with female anchors today.?
"Our female presenter is interviewing a Taliban media team member live in our studio," Miraqa Popal, head of TOLONews, has tweeted, showing a female presenter interviewing a Taliban media team member live in the studio.
In this image, host Beheshta Arghand interviews Mawlawi Abdulhaq Hemad, a close member of the Taliban¡¯s media team, about Kabul¡¯s situation and house-to-house searches in the city.
?Women reporters were also seen reporting live from the streets of Kabul.
Women have been noticeably absent from all major Afghan news channels since the Taliban's takeover of the capital Kabul on August 15.