'Please pray for me’: Female reporter being hunted by the Taliban tells her story

A young female journalist describes the panic and fear of being forced into hiding as cities across Afghanistan fall

Taliban fighters are seen inside the city of Farah, capital of Farah province southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan. Picture: AP Photo/Mohammad Asif Khan

Two days ago I had to flee my home and life in the north of Afghanistan after the Taliban took my city. I am still on the run and there is no safe place for me to go.

Last week I was a news journalist. Today I can’t write under my own name or say where I am from or where I am. My whole life has been obliterated in just a few days.