A pregnant New Zealand reporter is turning to the Taliban for help after being stranded in Afghanistan while her home country holds up her return due to its famously stringent coronavirus quarantine system.In a column published in The New Zealand Herald on Saturday, Charlotte Bellis said it was “brutally ironic” that she once questioned the Taliban about the fundamentalist group’s treatment of women but is now asking the same questions about the New Zealand government.“When the Taliban offers you — a pregnant, unmarried woman — safe haven, you know your situation is messed up,” Bellis wrote.
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