Pregnant journalist rejected by NZ PM turns to Taliban for help

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A pregnant New Zealand journalist says she turned to the Taliban for help and is now stranded in Afghanistan after her home country prevented her from returning due to a bottleneck of people in its coronavirus quarantine system. 7NEWS

In a column published in The New Zealand Herald on Saturday, Charlotte Bellis said it was “brutally ironic” that she’d once questioned the Taliban about their treatment of women and she was now asking the same questions of her own government.“When the Taliban offers you -- a pregnant, unmarried woman -- safe haven, you know your situation is messed up,” Bellis wrote in her column.

Charlotte Bellis said she returned to Qatar in September and discovered she was pregnant with her partner, freelance photographer Jim Huylebroek, a contributor to The New York Times.But the nation’s requirement that even returning citizens spend 10 days isolating in quarantine hotels run by the military has led to a backlog of thousands of people wanting to return home vying for spots.

In her column on Saturday, Bellis said she returned to Qatar in September and discovered she was pregnant with her partner, freelance photographer Jim Huylebroek, a contributor to The New York Times.‘When the Taliban offers you -a pregnant, unmarried woman - safe haven, you know your situation is messed up’ - Charlotte Bellis

She said she resigned from Al Jazeera in November and the couple moved to Huylebroek’s native Belgium. But she couldn’t stay long, she said, because she wasn’t a resident. She said the only other place the couple had visas to live was Afghanistan.

 

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Her own fault, not the govt

Freelance journalist CharlotteBellis is preparing to give birth in Afghanistan after New Zealand denied her application to come home. 7NEWS

Cindy won’t last charlotteforpm

Wow New Zealand low act

But film stars, politicians, spots stars and the rich get in and out as they like. Is a disgrace.

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