Kabul, Afghanistan.
some Afghan women they begin to challenge the talibans in the face of fears that they will re-impose the restrictions in force during their previous regime, with public protests to demand the insurgents be included in the Government that is about to be formed or their right to continue working.
More and more images of women raising banners and raising slogans against the Taliban across the country, a symbol of the resistance of journalists, activists and workers who oppose going back to that dark era of repression.
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A group of government office workers and activists took to the streets of Acceptance to ask the Taliban movement for roles in the new administration, as well as to keep their jobs in state offices, Afghan channel Tolo reported today.
“The people, the government and any official who is going to form a state in the future cannot ignore the women of Afghanistan. We will not give up our right to education, the right to work and our right to political and social participation, “the activist told television. Fariha Esar.
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Demonstrations have been reduced, but are gaining momentum as the days go by, as many remember the Taliban regime between 1996 and 2001, when women could not work or go to school, and were confined inside. from home.
However, the Taliban have now insistently assured that women will be able to continue their lifestyles as before, returning to schools or their jobs with the limits set by Islam, but some workers , especially journalists, complain that in practice this is not fulfilled.
“I wanted to go back to work, but unfortunately (the Taliban) didn’t let me. They told me that the regime has changed and you can’t work,” the TV presenter said. Shabnam’s turn in a widely circulated video today, a complaint that contrasts with last Tuesday’s image, two days after the capture of Kabul, of a Tolo presenter interviewing a Taliban.
The coordinator of the Committee to Protect Journalists for South Asia, Steven Butler, Condemned the measures of “stripping the public media of prominent news presenters, (which) is an ominous sign that the Taliban in Afghanistan have no intention of fulfilling their promise to respect women’s rights.” said the organization.
The Taliban are also remembered for imposing a strict regime in which women were only allowed to leave the house in the company of a family man or the imposition of the use of the “burqa”, a situation that was improved with the fall of the insurgent regime in 2001 and which many now fear will be repeated.