2 women radios want reactivated under Islamic law

FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Officials of two women's radio stations, which have been closed since the fall of the previous regime, in northeastern Badakhshan province say they will operate in accordance with Islamic law and government policy if they are allowed to resume their activities. .

Officials of the media outlets said dozens of female employees lost their jobs after the closure of these radios.

Najia Soroush, head of “Sada-i-Bano Radio, told Pajhwok Afghan News that she established the women’s radio six years ago, in which more than 20 women worked but now they were unemployed.

She claimed that the Taliban had said that girls could no longer work in the media.

She added: “I created the radio with a hundred dreams, I invested nearly one million afghanis, but now our broadcasts have been closed and all may capital has been destroyed.”

Fanoos, an employee of the radio station, said she had been working as a presenter for the radio station for three years, but she lost her job after the fall of the previous government.”

Another radio station called “Radio-i-Harim Zan” which is specifically for women and girls has also stopped broadcasting.

Manijha, the radio manager, told Pajhwok that she and 17 other women and girls who worked in the radio were now unemployed.

She added: “We worked in this radio against a monthly salary of 5,000 afghanis, with this money, I paid for my education and helped home but I’m currently unemployed.

She called on information and culture officials to reconsider and allow women journalists to work, because women want to continue working within the framework of Sharia.

"We are ready to work within the framework of Sharia and in accordance with the Taliban policy," Manijeh said.

Mazuddin Ahmadi, head of the culture and information department, told Pajhwok: “So far, no decision has been made by the elders that if girls can work or not.”

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