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Dozens of women protested on December 16 in the streets of the Afghan capital, Kabul, demanding the Taliban’s right to education, employment and political representation.
Marching in very cold weather, the protesters demanded “food, work and freedom” but also political functions.
Some carried placards calling on the international community to resume aid to Afghanistan, which is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe with growing poverty, food shortages and a collapsing economy.
Various reports mention that the Taliban did not stop the protest although they stopped gathering people after occupying the state in August.
But women in Afghanistan have previously protested almost daily, demanding their rights, representation in government and roles, in the deeply religious state. The Taliban routinely violently suppressed almost every protest, and such street rallies stopped over time.
The radical Islamic group, however, promised more lenient rule after overthrowing the internationally backed government, compared to the rule it had during the 1990s.
However a large number of women in Afghanistan are not allowed to work and many girls do not have the right to education.
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