108. How life became hell for this Afghani Journalist | Zakarya Hassani

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Mikhaila Peterson

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🗓️ 27 August 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Today, Mikhaila hosts Zakarya Hassani, a journalist who fled from Afghanistan. They delve into what’s happening in Afghanistan right now. Zakarya Hassani enlightens us about the Taliban, the restrictions they’ve put, their history, and more. Zakarya and Mikhaila discussed what news sources can be trusted right now. If you want to know more about the whole situation in Afghanistan and what it's like on the ground but don't trust the western media, this episode is for you. Zakarya Hassani is one of the lucky ones who fled Afghanistan once the Taliban overtook the country. He is an Afghanistan-based Journalist who was stationed in Kabul. He spent several years of his career reporting suicide attacks that shattered his people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The day that actually Taliban entered Kabul and, again, government officially collapsed,
0:06.0	Afghanistan ran away. I was there. I was there and I was actually running for my own life.
0:12.4	I came to the French embassy where the outlet that I was working for belongs to this country
0:20.4	and I had an application there. There was a sort of chaos in the city. Everyone was running,
0:28.0	you know, was running for their own life. No one knew that what to do. It was around 10
0:34.7	E and that, you know, the people, just the rumors started among the people that Taliban
0:39.6	have entered Kabul city from the west part of the, from the west part of Kabul city.
0:45.1	And I don't know what happens that everyone was, you know, somehow escaping the west of the
0:50.2	Kabul and they were coming toward the center of Kabul and toward the eastern part of the Kabul.
0:54.4	So it was a total, totally, it was a chaos. Welcome to episode 108 of the Michaela Peterson
1:00.0	podcast. This is a shorter episode and more of a news segment really about what's been going on
1:04.8	in Afghanistan. I spoke with Zakaria Hassani in today's episode. We spoke about the restrictions
1:11.8	put on the people of Afghanistan by the Taliban, whether the situation of the Taliban taking over
1:17.8	the government was inevitable. The next best steps, if any, the history of the Taliban
1:23.7	and more. Zakaria Hassani is an Afghanistan-based journalist who fled the country just days ago
1:31.7	once the Taliban overtook Kabul where he was stationed. Share this episode if you found it informative
1:38.1	and remember to hit subscribe if you enjoy this content or at least learn something.
1:42.8	Zakaria Hassani, welcome to my podcast. Thank you very much. Yeah, thanks for coming on. I've
1:59.5	been following what's been going on in Afghanistan and thought it might be interesting to talk to
2:04.9	somebody who was there. So I guess before we get started, could you give a brief background about
2:10.3	who you are? I'm Zakaria Hassani and Afghanistan. I have done some best journalists. I
2:19.2	started my work as a journalist as a local reporter for one of the leading TV channels in Kabul,
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