Episodes marked a demonstration in support of women’s rights in Kabul.
Videos broadcast by Afghan television networks depict chaotic scenes. At least one of the participants was injured, according to journalists who shared images of a woman with blood flowing on her face.
Women demonstrated for two consecutive days in its capital Afghanistan, which has been under Taliban control since August 15, demanding that their rights, equality, justice and democracy be respected. Yesterday, they gathered near the presidential palace holding placards that read “we are not the women of the ’90s”.
The women, however, were confronted by armed Taliban and provocations ensued. Some women are depicted coughing, suggesting that Islamist fighters used tear gas. Some complained that Islamist fighters had beaten them.
“It seems that demonstrations are no longer allowed,” Afghan journalist Zaki Dariabi said via Twitter.
Taliban leaders have assured that women’s rights will be respected in Afghanistan, but based on their own interpretation of Sharia, Islamic law.
Sir Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, a Taliban leader, told the BBC on Tuesday that he did not expect women to be named in the new government formed by the Islamist faction, but assured that they would play a role.
The previous Taliban regime (1996-2001) required women to cover their faces and entire bodies. He did not allow them to leave the house unaccompanied by a male relative. He forbade them to be educated and to work.
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