Faranak Amidi
speaker
1,355 appearances
14 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 29 Aug
Faranak Amidi’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Who is he?
And while you were investigating these top men of Taliban, you realize that there's this faction in that top leadership.
What are they divided over?
Mashallah, why did this crackdown, recent crackdown on hijab happen in Herat specifically?
So Mahmoud, when it comes to women's rights, how central are ideas of women's rights and their role in society to the current Taliban leadership?
Why are women's rights so central to Taliban's ideology?
Why do you think this recent crackdown on hijab motivated people to finally come on the streets and protest?
Am I correct to think that Herat has always, I mean, historically also been more culturally progressive, and it's a place where women
usually in the family and in the city, maybe after Kabul have more freedom?
Yeah.
Mahmoud, when you've done all this investigation into the Taliban leadership, do you think that such protests as we have witnessed in Herat and sporadically in Kabul could put the leadership in danger?
Would it deepen the factions in the leadership?
I'm going to ask you both to answer this.
Do you think that when you see these protests, does it give you hope for the future that maybe change is possible?
Mamunda?
Mahjouba Norouzi and Mahmoud Dorani from BBC Afghan Services.
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