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Oct 2, 2024 | nst.com.my | Emma Batha |Orooj Hakimi - |Orooj Hakimi

Afghanistan's draconian new "morality law", which bans women from speaking in public, could force them out of the media and silence those offering hope to girls already shut out of schools and studying at home, journalists and United Nations experts say. Women presenters and journalists — many with families who depend on their earnings — fear they could lose their jobs after Taliban leaders said women's voices were "intimate" and could lead to vice.