The Talibs are all for inclusion and representation, so long as they’re the only ones included and represented.
[ToloNews] A group of Afghan journalists and activists held a rally in Kabul on Saturday but it turned The Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...used tear gas against the protesters who were calling for their rights to be preserved under the new leadership in Afghanistan.
Most of those who attended the rally in Kabul were women and were out on the city streets protesting for the second day.
The women who marched toward the Presidential Palace from the Pul-e-Mahmoud Khan area east of the Palace were not allowed to get close and the Taliban special forces used tear gas against them.
"We were joined by a group of women to defend our rights and were moving towards the Palace," said Suraya, a civil society activist, when the Taliban "attacked us," fired tear gas and ’beat’ a number of women."
"Twenty-five years ago, when the Taliban came to Kabul, they prevented me from going to school. I studied during the last 20 years after the fall of the Taliban and made efforts for a better future. I will not allow this achievement to be lost," said Azita, a journalist.
The Taliban said they had no option but to use tear gas against the protesters after they went "out of control."
"The protesters were moving toward the Presidential Palace, the Foreign Ministry and the Sedarat Palace, which are all within the safe zone, and no one is allowed to enter those areas. The Taliban tried many times to prevent them but finally they had to stop the women from moving toward the Palace," said Abdulhaq Imad, a media activist.
The protests were staged in Kabul and Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
after the Taliban said that women cannot work in high-ranking posts in the future government.
Eyewitnesses said that the women had gathered in front of the Ministry of Defense and the Taliban fighters wanted to talk with them but the women insisted to go towards the presidential Palace.
As per the eyewitnesses, the Taliban opened gunshots to disperse the women and asked the journalists to leave the scene.
As per the video clips aired on social media, the Taliban have also used tearing gas to disperse the all-women protest after they failed to do so after gunshots.
The Taliban fighters said that the women wanted to enter the Presidential Palace that has been prevented but did not say anything about the violence against the protesters.
Members of the IEA said that their government is not established yet and the women have to wait until they announce their government.
It is the fourth all-women protest since the Taliban takeover which was conducted in western Herat province and in the Afghan capital respectively.