Taliban shoot women protesting in Afghanistan

The Taliban disbanded this Saturday a show shoot woman Afghan women demanding their right to education and work, when almost a year has passed since the fundamentalists took power on August 15, 2021.

“We protested today to raise our voices against the Taliban, but after they came they started shooting to separate the members of the demonstration “We are now hiding in the pharmacy,” one of the activists said in a video shared on social media.

Protesters gathered In front of the Ministry of Education in the capital of Afghanistanand other videos shared by activists show people fleeing with gunmen and gunfire in the background.

women’s protests

Afghan women have occasionally taken to the streets since the Taliban came to power nearly a year ago. protest against job access ban and workplace closure Education women’s high school.

These demonstrations lack the endorsement of the Taliban, who in the past detained and attacked protesters and attacked journalists for reporting on them.

The Taliban’s ascension to power on August 15 was a setback for women’s rights, with numerous restrictions imposed.

The Taliban have He promised to reopen schools for girls aged 12-18. Afghanistan as soon as its content is “adapted” to Islamic law or sharia without keeping its promises in almost a year.

The restrictions drew criticism from the international community and human rights organizations. Last week, Amnesty International (AI) condemned the “suffocating repression” that has devastated the lives of Afghan women and girls under the Taliban regime.

The interim Taliban government repeat that concerns are “unfounded”At the end of May, the State Department stated that the restrictions imposed on women and girls were “in line with the religious and cultural practices of the community” of the Muslim majority.

Source: Informacion

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