Taliban Fighters Collapsing With Laughter When Asked A Question About Women's Role In Politics



A video has gone viral of a Taliban fighter collapsing with laughter when asked about democratically voted in female politicians – and telling the camera to stop filming as he loses it.

In the viral clip, part of a documentary on the Taliban shot earlier this year, a female journalist quizzes three Taliban leaders who were expressing hope Afghanistan would have a Taliban president soon.

On the question of whether women’s rights were possible under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, the men’s reaction was affirmative.

But then the reporter asks: “Does that mean people will be allowed to vote in women politicians?”

The leaders break out in laughter and one of them – identified as Commander Khatab – asks her to stop filming the video as he shakes with mirth.

The interviewer is Vice News’s Hind Hassan, the only woman in the crew that went to Taliban-held territory in the then Afghan government-controlled country several months ago.

Ms Hassan was asked to wear a traditional blue Afghan burqa for the interview, Vice News reported.

Taliban collapses with laughter as journalist asks if they would be willing to accept democratic governance that voted in female politicians - and then tells camera to stop filming. “It made me laugh” he says.pic.twitter.com/km0s1Lkzx5

— David Patrikarakos (@dpatrikarakos) August 17, 2021