welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. taliban leaders in kabul are engaged in careful message management amnesty for all, no safe haven for foreign fighters, and respect for the rights of women and girls, they say. but then the rider under their islamic law. now, it s too early to know what taliban governance 2.0 will look like, but it is clear many afghans are fearful. my guest is kamila sidiqi, a trail blazing women s activist, entrepreneur, and former government official in kabul. is her cause lost? and where does the blame lie? kamila sidiqi in germany, welcome to hardtalk. hello, thank you so much. you re welcome. it is a great pleasure to have you on the programme. now, if we d been talking to you a week ago, we would have been talking to you in kabul. now you re in safe haven in bonn, germany. tell me exactly what prompted you to flee kabul, and how did you do it? i was in kabul and my trip to london was on 20, my ticket was on 20 next week. suddenly, this. i he
will look like, but it is clear many afghans are fearful. my guest is kamila sidiqi, a trail blazing women s activist, entrepreneur, and former government official in kabul. is her cause lost? and where does the blame lie? kamila sidiqi in germany, welcome to hardtalk. hello, thank you so much. you re welcome. it is a great pleasure to have you on the programme. now, if we d been talking to you a week ago, we would have been talking to you in kabul. now you re in safe haven in bonn, germany. tell me exactly what prompted you to flee kabul, and how did you do it? i was in kabul and my trip to london was on 20, my ticket was on 20 next week. suddenly, this. i heard a lot of the news that most of the people left kabul. and in the night, i received a message from my friend, gayle lemmon. and we exchanged a lot of messages and she support me to be in one of the private jets from kabul with another delegation from kabul, and we can manage to leave kabul and come to germany. how muc
welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. taliban leaders in kabul are engaged in careful message management amnesty for all, no safe haven for foreign fighters, and respect for the rights of women and girls, they say. but then the rider under their islamic law. now, it s too early to know what taliban governance 2.0 will look like, but it is clear many afghans are fearful. my guest is kamila sidiqi, a trail blazing women s activist, entrepreneur, and former government official in kabul. is her cause lost? and where does the blame lie? kamila sidiqi in germany, welcome to hardtalk. hello, thank you so much. you re welcome. it is a great pleasure to have you on the programme. now, if we d been talking to you a week ago, we would have been talking to you in kabul. now you re in safe haven in bonn, germany. tell me exactly what prompted you to flee kabul, and how did you do it? i was in kabul and my trip to london was on 20, my ticket was on 20 next week. suddenly, this. i he
kamila sidiqi in germany, welcome to hardtalk. hello, thank you so much. you re welcome. it is a great pleasure to have you on the programme. now, if we d been talking to you a week ago, we would have been talking to you in kabul. now you re in safe haven in bonn, germany. tell me exactly what prompted you to flee kabul and how did you do it? i was in kabul and my trip to london was on 20, my ticket was on 20 next week. suddenly, this. i heard a lot of the news that most of the people left kabul. and in the night, i received a message from my friend, gayle lemmon. and we exchanged a lot of messages and she support me to be in one of the private jets from kabul with another delegation from kabul and we can manage to leave kabul and come to germany. how much fear did you experience during those chaotic hours when the taliban swept into the afghan capital? you clearly felt that it was no longer safe for you. how fearful were you? it was really, really difficult and i was very co