Fawzia koofi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. It s a great pleasure to have you in the hardtalk studio. It is now three years since taliban rule was restored in afghanistan. They have just passed a raft of new so called vice and virtue measures in kabul. Tell me about the impact of those measures, as you see it. You have put it very rightly after the, you know, three years since the taliban regime was restored. This is the right way to put it, because many people think, say, um, three years since the taliban victory, since they have taken power. Ijust believe it s three years since afghanistan was handed over to taliban because of the moral defeat by all of us, especially international community. Now, the new law. . . You re talking about the decision led by the united states of the western nations who d been backing the afghan government to withdraw their troops, which, of course, then led to the collapse of the afghan national army and the taliban moving back in to kabu
We change the wind direction, We bring the winds down from the northWest, and so things are going to feel very different. Temperatures, if anything, looks set to drop back to values below the average for the time of year, and it will still be quite unsettled. ShoWers or longer spells of rain and often breezy. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. To be female in afghanistan is to be condemned to a life without visibility, agency or rights. The Taliban Regime requires women to conceal their faces, bodies, even their voices in public. They must never look at a man outside theirfamily, nor ever sing or read aloud. The Un Secretary general calls it systemic gender apartheid. But still it continues. And still, taliban officials conduct a dialogue with international counterparts. My guest is fawzia koofi, former Deputy Speaker of the Afghan Parliament. What is the right international approach to afghanistan . Fawzia koofi, Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a great pleasure
Approach to afghanistan? fawzia koofi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. It s a great pleasure to have you in the hardtalk studio. It is now three years since taliban rule was restored in afghanistan. They have just passed a raft of new so called vice and virtue measures in kabul. Tell me about the impact of those measures, as you see it. You have put it very rightly after the, you know, three years since the taliban regime was restored. This is the right way to put it, because many people think, say, um, three years since the taliban victory, since they have taken power. Ijust believe it s three years since afghanistan was handed over to taliban because of the moral defeat by all of us, especially international community. Now, the new law. . . You re talking about the decision led by the united states of the western nations who d been backing the afghan government to withdraw their troops, which, of course, then led to the collapse of the afghan national army and the talib
some protesters following clashes and we will have more in the programme. russia has launched another wave of missiles at ukrainian cities in the early hours of the morning, the second predawn attack in three days. in the us first republic bank has become the third bank to collapse in a matter of months. it was bought byjp morgan chase. now we have the sport and a full round up. we will begin with the women s champions league. a crowd of more than 60,000 is expected at the emirates for arsenal against wolfsburg. a record attendance for a women s club match in the uk is expected and kick off is a few hours away. football right football arsenal are expecting a tough game especially with their injury problems. they need to be clinical. a lot of injuries this season, and they do lack a cutting edge, but they got the goals in the first leg and that is what they have got to do, take their chances, because wolfsburg are a fantastic side with experience in the champions league and
bank. now we have the sport and a full round up. we will begin with the women s champions league. a crowd of more than 60,000 is expected at the emirates for arsenal against wolfsburg. a record attendance for a women s club match in the uk is expected and kick off is a few hours away. kt is there for us and this feels like a big moment, not least for the crowd they are expecting? fix, like a big moment, not least for the crowd they are expecting? a massive occasion, crowd they are expecting? a massive occasion. not crowd they are expecting? a massive occasion, notjust crowd they are expecting? a massive occasion, not just for crowd they are expecting? a massive occasion, not just for arsenal - crowd they are expecting? a massive occasion, not just for arsenal but - occasion, not just for arsenal but for women s occasion, notjust for arsenal but for women s football and they have an expected crowd of 60,000 for this game which would be a record for a match in this count