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The newsreader silenced by the Taliban

Aug 25, 202237 min
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Episode description

Matt Chorley speaks to Shabnam Khan Dawran, an Afghan TV presenter who fled after the fall of Kabul last year. After the Taliban threatened to kill her for speaking out against their regime, she escaped to the UK where she is now a refugee. She tells her story now despite threats to her family.


Also the columnist duo Knight at the Marriott, India Knight and James Marriott, on remembering lockdown and learning French.


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