{"id":650982,"date":"2021-08-16T12:22:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T16:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=650982"},"modified":"2021-08-16T12:22:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T16:22:49","slug":"cnn-correspondent-dons-burqa-on-air-following-taliban-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-correspondent-dons-burqa-on-air-following-taliban-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Correspondent Dons Burqa On-Air Following Taliban Takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnn-correspondent-dons-burqa-on-air-following-taliban-takeover%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=650982&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Clarissa-Ward.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>CNN Correspondent Clarissa Ward was forced to undergo a dramatic wardrobe shift after the Taliban overtook Afghanistan\u2019s capital city of Kabul, showcasing how women\u2019s rights appeared to change overnight in Afghanistan.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On August 15, Ward \u2014 who remains reporting on the ground in Kabul \u2014 can be seen on CNN wearing a pink shirt and a darker pink neck scarf. On August 16, Ward appeared on the network in a black burqa outdoors.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Missouri Republican Rep. Vicky Hartzler said on Twitter that the correspondent\u2019s wardrobe shift is an inside look at the future of Afghan women. Under the leadership of Ashraf Ghani, the president of Afghanistan who was forced to flee following Taliban control, women were given freedoms somewhat unknown to many in repressive Islamic states.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is CNN Correspondent Clarissa Ward\u2019s dress code in Afghanistan yesterday compared to today \u2014&nbsp;showcasing just how crushing Joe Biden\u2019s incompetence will be for the future of Afghan women,\u201d Hartzler said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.5036496350365\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is CNN Correspondent Clarissa Ward&#8217;s dress code in Afghanistan yesterday compared to today \u2014 showcasing just how crushing Joe Biden&#8217;s incompetence will be for the future of Afghan women. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cjaN9FvowV\">pic.twitter.com\/cjaN9FvowV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Vicky Hartzler (@RepHartzler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepHartzler\/status\/1427280579284852740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The sentiment that women will be set back by the Taliban\u2019s ideology was mirrored by BBC News anchor and correspondent Yalda Hakim, who tweeted that women in Afghanistan were being turned away from school and work. Female students in Herat were specifically being told not to enter university grounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWomen in Herat, now under Taliban control are telling me when they tried to enter the grounds of their University today they were told to go home,\u201d Hakim tweeted. \u201cWomen working in offices also turned away. Schools have been shut down. 60 percent of University students in Herat were women.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ward is one of the few journalists who remain in Afghanistan covering the complete power shift in the region by the Taliban. In one video, Ward can be seen covering Taliban fighters who were chanting \u201cdeath to America.\u201d She described the scene as \u201cbizarre\u201d as the fighters were allegedly \u201cfriendly\u201d to the U.S. news team.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey\u2019re just chanting \u2018death to America,\u2019 but they seem friendly at the same time. It\u2019s utterly bizarre,\u201d Ward said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Watch:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.5301204819277\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CNN reporter: &#8220;They&#8217;re just chanting death to America, but they seem friendly at the same time&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MKPm5QDN1w\">pic.twitter.com\/MKPm5QDN1w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalebJHull\/status\/1427285566438117380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Ward\u2019s coverage is taking place as Taliban militants are reportedly searching for Afghan officials, military members, and others who worked with the United States and other western countries. The Taliban militants are also reportedly seeking out journalists.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Daily Wire\u2019s Tim Pearce <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/counting-their-final-hours-taliban-conducting-door-to-door-searches-for-u-s-allies-journalists-reports-say\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p><i><span>While the terrorist group has promised safety and publicly called for a \u201cpeaceful\u201d transfer of power, refugees who flocked to Kabul prior to its fall said that the Taliban has already begun forced marriages and executions in outlying cities and towns.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cTaliban started door to door search looking for govt officials, former police &amp; security forces members &amp; those who worked for foreign countries NGS or infrastructures in Afghanistan. At least 3 journalists\u2019 houses were searched in the last hour. Kabul is now becoming deadly,\u201d one Kabul-based journalist tweeted on Monday. \u201cThis is a game-changer for us all. Many have started counting their final hours of life in Kabul. Nobody knows what happens next. Pray for us.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN Correspondent Clarissa Ward was forced to undergo a dramatic wardrobe shift after the Taliban overtook Afghanistan\u2019s capital city of Kabul, showcasing how women\u2019s rights appeared to change overnight in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-650982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}