“For us, it’s a way to provide hope,” said Hamida Aman, the Afghanistan-born, Swiss-raised entrepreneur behind the satellite channel Begum TV. “For women in Afghanistan, television is their only window into the world. All the Begum TV journalists and presenters are Afghan women who sought political asylum in France after fleeing the Taliban regime. “We know that some of our colleagues are worried about their families in Afghanistan, so they do not feel 100% free. “Our hopes and every hope we had for a brighter future for Afghanistan and all the women of Afghanistan might have turned into ashes,” she said.

Source: The Guardian January 13, 2025 19:21 UTC