Afghanistan under Taliban rule: Former TV reporter forced to sell food on the street

Created: 06/19/2022, 06:18 am

By: Linus Prien

Former TV reporter Musa Mohammadi in Afghanistan.

© Screenshot/Twitter/@Haqmal

Afghanistan is back under Taliban rule.

Journalists are also badly affected by the change of government – ​​one story has now gone viral.

Kabul - Afghanistan has been under Taliban control again for months.

The country is also suffering economically as a result.

Many people, especially women, have lost their jobs.

Apparently, journalist Musa Mahammadi has also lost his job.

At least that's what a viral tweet claims.

As

reported, journalists and media houses in particular have been severely affected by Taliban rule.

Afghanistan: Former journalist now sells food on the street

Journalist Kabir Haqmal shared the pictures of his former colleague on Twitter.

Captioning the widely acclaimed post, Haqmal said: “The life of journalists in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.

Musa Mihammadi worked as a news anchor and reporter for various TV stations for years and now has no income to support his family and sells food on the street to earn some money.

Afghans have suffered unprecedented poverty since the republic fell.”

After the former journalist's photo went viral, Afghan politician Ahmadullah Wasiq also spoke out.

As reported by

, Wasiq tweeted: "The unemployment of Musa Mohammadi, a spokesman for a commercial TV channel, is making the rounds on social media.

Indeed, as director of national radio and television, I assure him that we will put him on national radio and television.

We need all Afghan professionals.”