Afghan women protest for rights over alleged Taliban killings Women’s Rights News

Demonstrators say former government soldiers and former workers are a “direct threat”.

A large number of women have marched in the Afghan capital to demand respect for women’s rights, and Taliban authorities have accused them of secretly killing soldiers who served in the former US-backed government.

About 30 women gathered near a mosque in central Kabul on Tuesday and marched for hundreds of meters, demanding “justice, justice” before the Taliban stopped forces, an AFP correspondent reported.

The Taliban also tried to prevent journalists from reporting on the march against “mysterious killings of young people, especially former soldiers of the country,” according to invitations to march on social media.

Taliban fighters briefly arrested a group of journalists and confiscated equipment from some photographers, removing images from their cameras before returning.

Since the Taliban he returned to power in August, he effectively banned unaccepted protests and frequently intervened to block demonstrations against his rule.

The protest comes a few weeks later reports The United Nations, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have said more than 100 judicial killings have been reported since the Taliban took over.

“I want to tell the world to stop telling the Taliban to stop killing. We want freedom, we want justice, we want human rights, “Nayera Koahistani told AFP.

In a statement read aloud by protester Laila Basam, protesters called on the Taliban to “stop its criminal machine.”

Former government officials and former military personnel are under “direct threat,” the statement said, in violation of a general amnesty announced by the Taliban in August.

Demonstrators also expressed concern over the restrictions on women under Taliban rule.

It was provided by the government new guidelines on weekends, women are prohibited from walking long distances unless escorted by a close relative.

“Women’s rights are human rights. We have to defend our rights, ”said Koahistan.

Speaking from Kabul, Mahbooba Saraj, head of the Afghan Women’s Network, said the move made it difficult for women to move because many “don’t have a mahram”. [male guardian]”With them.

“This is another way to put restrictions on women for no reason,” Al Jazeera said.

Taliban leaders have sought to project a more moderate image in recent months, including the possibility that women and girls will be able to go to school and work under Islamic law.

It is an irregular school for girls under the Taliban, and in many provinces, they cannot attend school from the sixth grade onwards, but schools are open in more than 10 provinces.

Videos posted on the network on Tuesday also showed a protest by other women in other parts of the capital, urging women to give up their education and job opportunities.

Taliban fighters fired into the air, ending a violent protest to demand better food supplies and job opportunities.