The Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan has been a devastating blow to Afghan journalism and the country’s wider media scene. Hundreds of news outlets have shut down. Journalists have been at...
Zarghuna Kargar
Zarghuna Kargar is an award-winning journalist for BBC World News, based in London. She produced and presented the BBC Afghan Woman's Hour and is the author of Dear Zari, The Secret Lives of Women in Afghanistan (2012), a book that reveals the secret lives of women across Afghanistan and allows them to tell their stories in their own words. She has dedicated most of her journalistic career to working for and with Afghan women, reporting and writing their stories. She also wrote Amina’s story, in the 2013 Girl Rising documentary. She speaks Pashto, Dari, English, and Urdu.
