Women gather to demand their rights under Taliban rule during a protest in Kabul on September 3.
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Women gather to demand their rights under Taliban rule during a protest in Kabul on September 3.
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Day after day this month, Afghan women have taken to the streets in large and small groups to protest Taliban rule, new restrictions imposed by the regime on their rights and Pakistan’s influence in Afghanistan. “We want equal rights, we want women in government,” women chanted In Kabul this week. Others shouted and held banners.Azadi, “Freedom. Some women carried signs with a question in English: ‘Why is the world watching us silently and harshly?'” “
Protesters marched in Kabul on Wednesday, a day after the Taliban announced their all-male interim government. Left, a protester holds a photo banner showing Banu Nigar, the pregnant policewoman who was murdered in front of her relatives earlier this week in Ghor County. Family members accused the Taliban of carrying out the killing.
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Protesters marched in Kabul on Wednesday, a day after the Taliban announced its all-male interim government. Left, a protester holds a photo banner showing Banu Nigar, the pregnant policewoman who was murdered in front of her relatives earlier this week in Ghor County. Family members accused the Taliban of carrying out the killing.
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In response, the Taliban sometimes force used – Using whips, hitting women with batons, aiming guns, and shooting in the air.
There are no women in the newly named Taliban interim government, and the new rulers wasted no time in abolishing the country’s Ministry of Women’s Affairs.
“What a woman does, she cannot do the work of the ministry. She puts something on her neck that she cannot carry,” a Taliban spokesman said. Tell TOLO News in Afghanistan.
On the streets, advertisements showing women’s faces blacked out and Taliban members Street art and murals erased She often conveyed public service messages.
The protests continued despite the Taliban’s ban on demonstrations without government permission. The Taliban have so far detained more than a dozen journalists covering the ongoing protests, According to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Some Afghan journalists were severely beaten.
Here are some scenes from the protests this month.
Taliban members try to stop the advance of protesters in a march through the Dasht-e-Barchi district of Kabul on Wednesday.
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Taliban members try to stop the advance of protesters in a march through the Dasht-e-Barchi district of Kabul on Wednesday.
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Afghan women take part in a protest march for their rights under Taliban rule in Kabul on September 3.
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Afghan women take part in a protest march for their rights under Taliban rule in Kabul on September 3.
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Afghan women chant slogans in front of Taliban fighters during an anti-Pakistan demonstration near the Pakistani embassy in Kabul on Tuesday. The Taliban fired shots into the air to disperse the crowd.
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Afghan women chant slogans in front of Taliban fighters during an anti-Pakistan demonstration near the Pakistani embassy in Kabul on Tuesday. The Taliban fired shots into the air to disperse the crowd.
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A Taliban fighter stands guard as Afghan women take part in an anti-Pakistan demonstration in Kabul on Wednesday. At the far right, a protester holds a banner with a picture of Bani Carpenter.
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A Taliban fighter stands guard as Afghan women take part in an anti-Pakistan demonstration in Kabul on Wednesday. At the far right, a protester holds a banner with a picture of Bani Carpenter.
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Afghans march towards the presidential building in Kabul to protest against Pakistan on Tuesday.
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Afghans march towards the presidential building in Kabul to protest against Pakistan on Tuesday.
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