“Cover your face”, CNN journalist threatened by the Taliban – Video

“Cover your face, I don’t talk to you.” Clarissa Ward, a CNN journalist sent to Afghanistan, documents the attack by some Taliban in the streets of Kabul. CNN has released a short video on Twitter that documents the agitated moments experienced by the correspondent. Ward, accompanied by the producer and an interpreter, is repeatedly approached in a threatening way by militiamen. There are those who tell her to cover her face and those who, as the interpreter says visibly tense, do not want to talk to her. “You hear gunshots all the time,” says the journalist, who is approached by numerous civilians looking for directions and advice on the procedure to follow to leave the country. There is also a man exhibiting documents: “I worked in Herat for an Italian company,” he says. The tension increases, the crew tries to escape but is blocked by a group of Taliban: the producer risks being hit, the journalist and her collaborators manage to leave only after proving that they have a permit to move and work. @ClarissaWard reports on the hurdles Americans and Afghans have been facing trying to get to Kabul’s airport as Taliban fighters attempt to block access with gunfire and violence. (This video has been updated to correct an editing issue.) Https://t.co / EEjO64aM7u pic.twitter.com/8ZgeigoSaF— CNN (@CNN) August 19, 2021