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Female TV presenters defy Taliban by refusing to cover faces on air

By Cami Mondeaux
Published May 21, 2022 5:59pm ET
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Female TV presenters defy Taliban by refusing to cover faces on air
FILE - Basira Joya, 20, presenter of the news program sits during recording at the Zan TV station (women's TV) in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 30, 2017. Afghanistan's Taliban rulers ordered all female presenters on TV channels to cover their faces on air, the country's biggest media outlet said Thursday, May 19, 2022. | (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Female TV presenters in Afghanistan appeared on-air without face coverings, explicitly defying a recent Taliban order requiring them to conceal themselves in compliance with Islamic rule.

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Afghanistan Gender Issues Islam Journalism Labor Media Religion Taliban Women's Rights