sahra was evacuated on the day the taliban arrived in kabul.s on from the taliban takeover. so the feeling that women of afghanistan are imprisoned and they cannot go to school, they cannot go to work. the people of afghanistan are starving. they are jobless and the freedom is gone. and there is no art, there is no music, there is no cinema, there is nothing that gives value to the society. and those people, the taliban, are celebrating what? they are celebrating because they came to power and to push people to a miserable life. i don't know why they are celebrating. and you know that after two years, we all know that what happened to afghanistan, what happened to girls of afghanistan, what happened to culture and art of afghanistan. so what happened to economy and also to political life of afghanistan. so we just stopped living a normal life... just just so that we can really get a sense of how dramatic the change has been in yourfield in terms of art, culture, cinema. what was it like before the taliban came to power? paint us a picture of th

we can speak to sahra karimi.or and former head of afghan film — that was a government body in charge of cinema in afghanistan before it was closed down by the taliban. sahra was evacuated on the day the taliban arrived in kabul and is now in slovakia. while we are talking to you we are showing pictures to our viewers of scenes live in cabo. supporters of the taliban celebrating this anniversary. i'm sure this is a very difficult day for you and i wonder, two years on, how he reflects on the massive change that is taking place in your country. it is massive change that is taking place in your country-— in your country. it is a very absurd feelin: in your country. it is a very absurd feeling that _ in your country. it is a very absurd feeling that the _ in your country. it is a very absurd feeling that the women _ in your country. it is a very absurd feeling that the women in - feeling that the women in afghanistan are imprisoned and they cannot go to school, they cannot go to work. the people of afghanistan are st