The Taliban fired into the air in Kabul on Saturday to disperse a demonstration by women demanding the right to work and education, a year after Islamists came to power in Afghanistan. Some 40 women chanting “Bread, work and freedom” passed through the Ministry of Education before a group of Taliban fighters dispersed them by firing bursts into the air about five minutes after the start of the march, journalists from the news agency reported. news on the scene AFP News.
Protesters carried a banner reading “August 15 is a black day,” referring to the date of the Taliban’s capture of Kabul in 2021. “Justice, justice. We are fed up with ignorance”, was one of the slogans of the protest.
The Taliban, dressed in military uniform and armed, blocked a crossing in front of the protesters and began shooting in the air. One of them simulated a shot against the demonstrators, said an AFP journalist. Some of the protesters took refuge in nearby shops, where they were harassed and beaten by the Taliban.
The seizure of power by the Taliban on August 15, 2021 marked the return to Afghanistan of the strictest interpretation of Islamic law or ‘sharia’, which completely stripped Afghan women of the rights won in recent years .
Source: Observadora
