Afghanistan Female TV Anchor Interviews Taliban Official In Kabul; Report Live From Streets

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.

We resumed our broadcast with female anchors today.@TOLOnews #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/YLqtJEYceL

¡ª Miraqa Popal (@MiraqaPopal) August 17, 2021

"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.

Our female presenter is interviewing a Taliban media team member live in our studio @TOLOnews #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/G6qq1KWKOH

¡ª Miraqa Popal (@MiraqaPopal) August 17, 2021

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.

#Afghanistan: A female Afghan journalist of @TOLOnews reporting live today from the streets of Kabul. pic.twitter.com/dyRZM3m9bh

¡ª Ahmer Khan (@ahmermkhan) August 17, 2021

TOLOnews and the Taliban making history again: Abdul Haq Hammad, senior Taliban rep, speaking to our (female) presenter Beheshta earlier this morning. Unthinkable two decades ago when they were last in charge ?@TOLOnews? pic.twitter.com/XzREQ6ZJ1a

¡ª Saad Mohseni (@saadmohseni) August 17, 2021

#Afghanistan: An Afghan female presenter interviews Taliban official today in @TOLOnews studio in Kabul. pic.twitter.com/Cob9wL0WOG

¡ª Ahmer Khan (@ahmermkhan) August 17, 2021

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.