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It was the time of the mujahideen, the western—backed freedom fighters, as they were called back then, who were fighting against the soviet regime. my parents were threatened when they had to take refuge with my aunt in the province of helmand, which is also in the south of the country. i was seven when the taliban took over afghanistan, and it was then that i wasn't allowed to go to school, i had to go to three different underground schools in the five years that the taliban were in charge. then 9/11 happened. after 9/11, the international involvement happened. i went to my first official s...

Let's bring in sana safi, a presenter with bbc pashto. sana, you've got a new documentary called afghanistan and me on the bbc world service this weekend. for people who haven't listened to you before, just explain where you grew up and how you came to move to the uk. thank you, ros. so, i was born in afghanistan in kabul in 1989, and then i was 18 months old when my parents moved to the southern city of kandahar. it was the time of the mujahideen, the western—backed freedom fighters, as they were called back then, who were fighting against the soviet regime. my parents were threatened when ...

These times are very difficult to operate for anybody, but especially somebody like public broadcast like bbc to operate in afghanistan and tell those stories. if you look at what's happening in panjshir, we are getting accusations of being against the panshiris. there are ethnic issues as well. it's very hard for us. sana, those comments will have to be the final ones because we're out of time. many thanks to all three of you. clarissa ward, sana safi and alex sheppard. thank you for watching here on bbc news. the media show will be back at the usual time next week. till then, bye from me and...

After 9/11, the international involvement happened. i went to my first official school in 2002, and i got a job with a local tv station in 2006. in 2007, ijoined the bbc and came to the uk. i was 18. you're bsed here with the bbc team that also has an operation in afghanistan. how do you go about covering what's happening in your country from afar? in the last 20 years, it has been very difficult to cover afghanistan because we've had instances of staff who were having to relocate to different parts of the country in order to tell the stories, the sort of qualityjournalism that our audiences d...

The bbc has said "it's not a legal requirement to be double—jabbed", following speculation that two of this year's strictly come dancing professional dancers have not been vaccinated against covid. the latest series starts tonight on bbc one but some of the celebrity dancers are reportedly reluctant to be paired with them. our correspondent aruna iyengar is here. just give us a bit of background and what is going on? the just give us a bit of background and what is going on?— what is going on? the launch programme _ what is going on? the launch programme takes _ what is going on? the launc...