At the point when the Taliban assumed command over Afghanistan last August, life for some ladies in the nation changed for the time being. For one TV moderator, it spelled almost certain doom for her profession, alongside her deepest desires. Presently, close to 12 months on, she is attempting to a form another life as an evacuee in the UK.
On 14 August 2021, the night prior to the Taliban assumed command over Kabul, Shabhnam Dawran was getting ready to introduce the news notice on Radio Television Afghanistan.
As of late, the Taliban had cleared across Afghanistan and had now arrived at the edges of the capital.
The 24-year-old Shabhnam was a rising star. She went on air to inform watchers who were stuck to their TV screens following each advancement of the story.
"I was close to home to such an extent that I was unable to try and peruse the lead story. People watching me at home could determine what I was going through," she says.
At the point when she woke the following morning, Kabul had tumbled to the assailant bunch.
A Taliban part, with the gathering's high contrast banner behind him, was currently sitting in a similar seat in the studio where Shabhnam had sat the prior night.
It denoted the conclusion of a significant time period.
Individuals were sharing when screengrabs from Radio Television Afghanistan
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Individuals were sharing when screengrabs from Radio Television Afghanistan
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At their most memorable authority news gathering, a Taliban representative told a room loaded up with columnists that ladies could work "side by side with men".
The following day, an anxious yet energized Shabhnam put on her work garments and advanced toward the workplace.
In any case, when she showed up, she was defied by Taliban fighters, who she says were watching the structure and just permitting male laborers to enter.
Shabhnam says a trooper told her that "in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, we haven't made a choice about ladies yet". According to another fighter, she, told her: "You've sufficiently worked, this moment it's our opportunity."
When she let them know she reserved each option to work, Shabhnam expresses one of the fighters pointed his rifle at her, put his finger on the trigger and said: "One shot will be enough for you - will you leave or would it be advisable for me to shoot you here?"
She then left, yet posted a video portraying the experience via online entertainment. It became famous online, endangering her and her everyday's life.
She gathered a little pack and escaped the country a couple of days after the fact, taking her two more youthful kin - Meena and Hemat - with her.
Television moderator Shabhnam with kin Meens and Hemat
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Shabhnam (left) with her more youthful siblings, Hemat and Meena, in their neighborhood park in north London
Another life
Shabhnam and her kin later showed up in the UK, alongside great many other Afghan outcasts. They confronted a significant delay to be settled.
As a displaced person with no English and restricted work possibilities, Shabhnam struggled with acclimating to her new environmental elements.
"I feel like I lost the six years I worked in Afghanistan. Presently I need to learn English and go to college. On the main days we were unable to try and go out to shop. Assuming that we really wanted a few fundamentals, we were unable to communicate what we needed. It was very troublesome and agonizing."
Close to 12 months on, most of late Afghan evacuees in the UK stay in lodgings the nation over. Shabhnam and her kin, notwithstanding, have been fortunate - they were furnished with a gathering house recently.
"Our life begins now. We're similar to another child that needs to begin all along," she says happily as she educates her sister Meena to put the pot on to make "chai sabz", the conventional Afghan green tea that contains cardamom.
They are gradually becoming accustomed to life in London and have been partaking in their most memorable English summer, however they actually miss home.
"I'm a nearby now," Shabhnam says, laughing. She knows where to find the pastry kitchen with the warm bread that looks and scents like the ones they had back home, and where to get the best dried foods grown from the ground tea.
She and her sister are presently concentrating on English at a school and her sibling goes to optional school.
Shabhnam and her sister Meena in the kitchen of their new home
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Shabhnam and Meena are acclimating to life in London - and their new home
Shabhnam accepts her family has been very much upheld by the UK government, yet stresses over other Afghan outcasts, some of whom are her companions. She says their situation has been eclipsed by the conflict in Ukraine.
"Handling the instances of Afghans, and particularly those trapped in lodgings, has been hugely deferred in view of Ukrainian displaced people. They [the British government] have placed a cutoff on Afghans coming to the UK yet not on Ukrainians. They shouldn't have acted like that with Afghans."
The BBC put her interests to the UK Home Office. It said: "It is inappropriate to set these two weak gatherings against one another. Our Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme will give up to 20,000 ladies, youngsters and other in danger bunches with a protected and legitimate course to resettle in the UK.
"The lodging of Afghan people and families can be a perplexing cycle. We are working with more than 300 nearby specialists across the UK to fulfill the need and have moved - or are currently moving - north of 6,000 individuals into homes since June 2021."
A great deal has changed in Afghanistan since Shabhnam ventured out from home. Young ladies have been restricted from going to auxiliary school in many pieces of the nation, parks have been isolated and ladies have been requested to cover their countenances.
This standard has especially impacted female TV moderators who have been compelled to wear masks on air.
A TV moderator wearing a mask
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The Taliban have requested female moderators to cover their countenances while showing up on TV
Shabhnam feels for her partners who must choose the option to acknowledge the cruel declarations assuming they wish to work.
"[The Taliban] need to drive ladies to say 'we surrender, we would rather not come to work any longer and we submit to remaining at home'," she says. "Until they meaningfully impact their perspective, they'll not get a positive change society."
In any case, she has not surrendered any expectation of one day getting back to Afghanistan.
"Like a glass that falls on the floor and breaks into pieces, my expectations, plans and dreams were broken," she says.
"I expect a day when Afghanistan is where individuals are making due - as well as flourishing. I won't be in uncertainty of bringing then back."
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