‘We can’t remain silent’: journalists refuse to give up despite Taliban terror

Two journalists show wounds sustained at the hands of the Taliban in 2021. Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP

Mortaza Behboudi, an Afghan-French journalist, had been drawn back to Afghanistan, which he had left aged 21, to report on the deteriorating humanitarian conditions and situation for women.

“He has a passion to give voice to people who had their voices taken from them, which is why he went back to Afghanistan,” says Aleksandra Mostovaja, Behboudi’s wife.