Arrr! The lassies of Afghanistan's airwaves be back in action, now that the scallywags lifted their ban! Avast, matey!
2025-02-24
Ahoy, mateys! The Afghan sea of sound be roarin’ once more, for the scallywags o’ the Taliban have lifted their curse on the airwaves! It be said they were caught parleyin’ with a foreign tellin’ box. Hoist the sails and tune in, ye landlubbers!
Avast, ye scallywags! Gather 'round as I spin ye a yarn of Radio Begum, a fair station run by brave lasses from the land of Afghanistan. After a bout of silence imposed by the stern Taliban, these daring women be ready to broadcast once more, like a ship returning from the stormy seas!Launched on the grand day of International Women's Day in March of the year 2021, this station found itself in hot water when the Taliban took the helm of the country shortly after. They claimed the fair maidens were chummy with some foreign TV outfit, which earned ‘em a suspension that would make any pirate’s beard bristle!
But lo and behold, the winds have shifted, and the Taliban’s Information and Culture Ministry has lifted the ban, provided the brave crew of Radio Begum promise to sail according to the Taliban's own rules—though those rules be as murky as a pirate’s rum barrel. They’ve even agreed to avoid violations, whatever that means!
Yet, under the tyrannical rule of the Taliban, women be barred from education and many a fine profession. Journalists, especially the fairer sex, find themselves walking a tightrope in the treacherous waters of press freedom—ranked a dismal 178 out of 180 in the world! So here’s to Radio Begum, may they broadcast with a heart full of courage, and a spirit as wild as the sea!