New Zealand rejected her country, pregnant female reporter reached Taliban for help

 

A pregnant woman journalist from New Zealand says she has turned to the Taliban for help after being rejected by her country. The woman said that she is now stuck in Afghanistan. In fact, according to the woman, her home country has stopped her from returning due to the bottlenecks in the corono virus quarantine system.

In a column published in The New Zealand Herald on Saturday, Charlotte Bayliss said it was "brutally ironic" that she once questioned the Taliban about their treatment of women and is now asking the same question to her government. "When the Taliban provide you - a pregnant, unmarried woman - with safe haven, you know your situation is messed up," he wrote. New Zealand's COVID-19 response minister Chris Hipkins told the Herald that his office had asked officials to check whether they followed due procedures in Bellis's case.

New Zealand has managed to keep the spread of the virus to a minimum during the pandemic, and only 52 people have died from the virus among its population of 5 million. But strict rules are in force regarding Corona in New Zealand. According to this, every civilian returning from abroad will be isolated for 10 days in the quarantine hotels run by the army.

The issue of Bellis became a cause of embarrassment for the New Zealand government

Stories of citizens stranded abroad in dire circumstances have caused embarrassment for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her government, but Bellis's situation in particular appears to be extremely different. Last year, she was working for Al Jazeera to cover the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. Then he attracted international attention by questioning Taliban leaders about the treatment of women and girls.

Qatar sent back, did not even get a place in Belgium 

In her column on Saturday, Bellis said she returned to Qatar in September and learned she was pregnant with the baby of her partner, freelance photographer Jim Hulebrock. Jim works for The New York Times. She described the pregnancy as a "miracle", as doctors had previously told her that she could not have children. She is going to give birth to a girl in May. Extramarital sex is illegal in Qatar and Bellis said she realized she needed to leave the country. He repeatedly tried to go back to New Zealand in a lottery-style system to return the nationals, but with no success.

Ghoom again reached back to Afghanistan.

He said he resigned from Al Jazeera in November and both moved to Belgium, the gym's native country. But she could not stay for long as she was not a resident there. He said the only other place for the couple to live was Afghanistan. Bayliss said she had contacted and talked to senior Taliban men who told her they had no problem if she returned to Afghanistan. According to Bellis, the Taliban men said, "Just tell people you're married and if there's a problem, call us. Don't worry."

He said he sent 59 documents to New Zealand officials in Afghanistan but they rejected his application for emergency withdrawal. Chris Bunny, the joint head of New Zealand's Managed Isolation and Quarantine System, told the Herald that Bellis' emergency application did not meet the requirement that he travel within 14 days. He said employees had reached out to Bellis about making another application that would fit the requirements.

"This is not unusual and an example of being helpful to New Zealanders who are in critical situations," Bunny wrote. Bayliss said pregnancy could be a death sentence due to the poor state of maternity care in Afghanistan and the lack of surgical capabilities. He said that after talking to lawyers, politicians and public relations people in New Zealand, his case seems to be moving forward again, although he has yet to get permission to go home.