The press release notes that Eskhakzai was able to visit Afghanistan with the support of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate Kirill Budanov.
“For me, this is not just a point on the map. My father is Afghan. He left in the 80s and never decided to return home. I went to a country where every look and word can be fraught with danger,” the journalist shared her impressions on Instagram. “In this special issue you will see Kabul under the control of the Taliban – armed soldiers at every step and a city where there are almost no women on the street.”
Eskhaqzai noted that today people in Afghanistan live in a state of fear and faith. At the beginning of the report, the journalist noticed that there were almost no women on the streets of Kabul, and her appearance caused surprise among men.
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Since returning to power in August 2021, the Taliban government has imposed numerous restrictions, especially on women, in line with their interpretation of Islamic sharia, the BBC reports. In 2022, the Taliban issued a decree obliging women to wear the burqa in public places, wrote Al Jazeera.
Taliban officials then called the decree an “advice.” Since the Taliban returned to power banned women from working in most workplaces and study at universities, and for girls – attend high school. UN more than once called for The Taliban will end what the organization describes as “gender apartheid.”
