Once TV anchor, now forced to sell food on streets in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

Team Udayavani, Jun 18, 2022, 3:02 PM IST

An image showing the stark reality of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan has gone viral on social media. The image shows a former TV Anchor forced to sell food on the streets.

The man, identified as former TV anchor Musa Mohammadi, is seen squatting on the streets with a platter of snacks in front of him, in stark contrast to his earlier appearance in a suit sitting in a TV studio.

The image was shared by Kabir Haqmal, a Kabul University lecturer in a Twitter post.

The caption read: “Journalists life in #Afghanistan under the #Taliban. Musa Mohammadi worked for years as anchor & reporter in different TV channels, now has no income to fed his family. & sells street food to earn some money. #Afghans suffer unprecedented poverty after the fall of republic.”

Journalists life in #Afghanistan under the #Taliban. Musa Mohammadi worked for years as anchor & reporter in different TV channels, now has no income to fed his family. & sells street food to earn some money. #Afghans suffer unprecedented poverty after the fall of republic. pic.twitter.com/nCTTIbfZN3

— Kabir Haqmal (@Haqmal) June 15, 2022

Kabir Haqmal’s Twitter feed has several such instances of common men and women, including journalists, suffering ever since the Afghan State fell into the Taliban’s hands.