Taliban violently disperse rare women's protest in Kabul

Summary by Ground News

About 40 women - chanting "Bread, work and freedom" - marched in front of the education ministry building in Kabul. Protesters carried a banner which read "August 15 is a black day" as they demanded rights to work and political participation. The fighters dispersed them by firing their guns into the air, an AFP correspondent reported. Some women protesters who took refuge in nearby shops were chased and beaten by Taliban fighters.

4 months ago·Kabul, Afghanistan

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