Over 80% of female journalists in Afghanistan forced to stop working, RSF reports

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released a report on Thursday that shed light on the crackdown on media and journalism in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover. The report found that more than 80% of female journalists in Afghanistan have been forced to leave their jobs.

On the eve of the second anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, RSF stated that more than two-thirds of the country’s 12,000 journalists, both male and female, have abandoned the profession since then.