Afghan woman TV anchor barred from entering office after Taliban takeover

Pleading for help, well-known news anchor Shabnam Dawran said "our lives are under threat" in the clip on social media.

In the clip, she could be seen wearing a hijab and showing her office card.

Under the Taliban's regime during 1996 to 2001, women were excluded from public life with girls banned from attending school. All kinds of entertainment were banned and brutal punishments were imposed.

Female journalists have also been targeted by the militants in a wave of assassinations in recent months leading up to the capture of Afghanistan.

Dawran, who has worked as a journalist for six years in Afghanistan for state-owned broadcaster RTA, said this week she was barred from entering her office while male colleagues were allowed in.

"I didn't give up after the change of system and went to attend my office, but unluckily I was not allowed despite showing my office card," she said in the video.

"The male employees, those with office cards were allowed to enter the office but I was told that I couldn't continue my duty because the system has been changed."

Dawran then pleads with viewers, saying: "Those who are listening to me, if the world hears me, then please help us as our lives are under threat."

On August 15, Afghanistan saw the Taliban completing a large-scale offensive by seizing the capital of Kabul, which led to the collapse of the US-backed civilian government.