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Published 11:40 31 Aug 2021 BST
Updated 11:41 31 Aug 2021 BST
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Just over a week ago, the Taliban held their first press conference since the August 15 takeover, claiming that they were not the same group as was in power 20 years ago and reassured the world's media the press would remain "free and independent". However, it now seems apparent that censorship will play a key role in how the group outwardly present themselves. In contrast, many reports have already come out of Afghanistan following the power shift that paints a very different albeit familiar picture. Music being banned, women being killed for not wearing burqas and 'bad cooking' and, of course, the attack at Kabul airport.The programme is called Pardaz. In this longer video, the presenter interviews a Taliban fighter who presumably outranks the rest of the lot in the studio. The presenter switches from Dari to Pashto, which unfortunately I don't speak.pic.twitter.com/qPWexsQd2T
— Kian Sharifi (@KianSharifi) August 29, 2021

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