My Life on this planet.

Carpet salesman Bilal Sarwary whose parents fled Afghanistan when he was a child, lived in Pakistan and witnessed the terrorist attacks on America that resulted in the occupation of Afghanistan by the USA. In the immediate aftermath he went to Afghanistan as a translator for foreign media but later became a journalist to report about Afghan life under the American military presence. Now that the Taliban are back in power in Afghanistan, the journalist was told his life was in danger and he and his family had to leave Afghanistan, again. Here he writes about his 20 years in Afghanistan , when the Taliban were out of power. I include some of my comments on his article, although I accept I never lived there. In italics is  text taken literally from the article.  Before the USA invasion, people lived in fear while after the Taliban was gone Mr Sarwary writes:  " Within hours, people were lining up again outside barber shops to have their beards trimmed. Rhythmic Afghan music filled th

Female Afghan journalist - end of career in her homecountry Short introduction Zahra Joya is a female journalist who reported on Rukhshana Media about the unfair treatment of and violence against women by Afghans during a time when the Western forces were still in the country. She had to leave Afghanistan after the return of the Taliban. She lived in the capital Kabul although travelled throughout her country to report on women's treatment.  She describes it wasn't easy to be a female journalist, even not in the USA occupied country, as men assumed a woman doesn't speak but she did, although she had to demand again and again the right to ask questions at press meetings; you may expect the male journalists would understand after a few press meetings she too wants to ask questions. Now she and family had to flee the country as Taliban fighters were looking for her. Mrs Joya is one of many strong woman, even as a girl when she dressed like a boy, with support of her parents,