Afghanistan-born Arshi Khan fears her loved ones amid Taliban takeover

The whole world is expressing concern that shocking and devastating videos and pictures from Afghanistan have been doing the rounds on the internet since the Taliban took over the country after 20 years. Amidst all the tension, former ‘Bigg Boss’ contestant Arshi Khan has also reacted to this news.

Arshi said that he was deeply troubled by the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul. The Bigg Boss 14 contestant said in a new interview that some of her friends and relatives are still in the country.

Talking about her fears, the actress while talking to an entertainment portal said, “I was born in Afghanistan and later moved to India with my family. After the imposition of the Taliban rule, I am now a member of the county. Worried about female citizens. I am Afghani Pathan. And it scares me and gives me hair. One of them was really screaming at me with fear.”

Arshi and her family shifted to Bhopal at the age of four, she further said in her interview, “I am really hurt and I am not able to have my food properly. My family pray to God to help them. We still have some relatives and friends out there. It’s a bad time and we are helpless. Waiting for some miracle to happen.”

Meanwhile, two days after occupying Afghanistan, the Taliban said in its first conference that Afghan women would be given freedom and would be able to work under “Islamic laws” as it vowed to respect women’s rights. Was. However, the Taliban has now banned women news anchors from Afghanistan and many women journalists are now unemployed.

Women’s rights were severely restricted during the Taliban’s rule of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. They were banned from studying and working, kept in hiding in their homes, and were violently assaulted if their faces were exposed in public.

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