CNN Reporter Clarissa Ward Clarifies on Head Scarf Meme, Says 'I Always Wore It in Kabul'

Clarissa Ward, the Chief International Correspondent of CNN, has denied that she started wearing a head scarf after the Taliban took over Kabul, Afghanistan. In a tweet, Clarissa Ward clarified that she would always wear head scarf in Kabul even when the Taliban were not in control. Her clarification came after two photos of her - one with headscarf and one without it - went viral.

Watch Clarissa report from the streets of Kabul, after the city was taken over by the Taliban:pic.twitter.com/o6gd9sy6IJ

— Alex Kokcharov (@AlexKokcharov) August 16, 2021

This meme is inaccurate. The top photo is inside a private compound. The bottom is on the streets of Taliban held Kabul. I always wore a head scarf on the street in Kabul previously, though not w/ hair fully covered and abbaya. So there is a difference but not quite this stark. pic.twitter.com/BmIRFFSdSE

— Clarissa Ward (@clarissaward) August 16, 2021

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