{"id":714335,"date":"2021-09-03T17:21:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T21:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=714335"},"modified":"2021-09-03T17:21:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T21:21:12","slug":"afghan-women-protest-in-kabul-western-afghanistan-against-taliban-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghan-women-protest-in-kabul-western-afghanistan-against-taliban-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan Women Protest In Kabul, Western Afghanistan Against Taliban Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafghan-women-protest-in-kabul-western-afghanistan-against-taliban-rule%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=714335&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/B4AE609E-55BE-4E28-A1EC-1263F618086D_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Friday, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/09\/03\/asia\/kabul-afghan-women-protest-intl\/index.html\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> a group of Afghan women activists held a small protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, currently controlled by the Taliban, pushing for \u201cequal rights and full participation in political life.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">According to the outlet, \u201ca group called the Women\u2019s Political Participation Network marched on the street in front of Afghanistan\u2019s Finance Ministry, chanting slogans and holding signs demanding involvement in the Afghan government and calling for constitutional law. Footage showed a brief confrontation between a Taliban guard and some of the women, and a man\u2019s voice could be heard saying, \u2018Go away!\u2019 before chanting resumed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The protest was reportedly not large, with video reportedly showing around a few dozen people present, but it is still an example of women pushing back against the Taliban in an extraordinary act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The day before, Afghan women had held a similar protest in a different city of the country.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2021\/09\/02\/rare-public-display-dozens-women-afghanistan-protest-taliban-rule-gender-based-violence\/\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> that in spite of the danger women face for making such declarations and speaking out in support of their rights, \u201cdozens of Afghan women took to the streets in western Afghanistan on Thursday in a rare public demonstration against Taliban restrictions on their right to work and seek education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cNo government is stable without the support of women,\u201d one banner held up by people in attendance read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cDon\u2019t be afraid, don\u2019t be afraid,\u201d the women said together, as Taliban fighters looked on, in videos reportedly shared on social media. \u201cWe are together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/09\/03\/asia\/kabul-afghan-women-protest-intl\/index.html\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> about the previous protest, as well:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"24\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The [Friday] demonstration in Kabul comes one day after women staged a similar demonstration in Afghanistan\u2019s western city of Herat. Women in that protest held a large sign that said, \u201cNo government can be long lasting without the support of women. Our demands: The right to education and the right to work in all areas.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Lina Haidari, a protester at the Herat demonstration, said the \u201crights and achievements of women, which we have worked and fought for over 20 years must not be ignored\u201d under Taliban rule, according to video of the event from Getty Images.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>\u201cI want to say that I was forced to stay at home for the crime of being a student 20 years ago,\u201d Haidari said in footage gathered by the agency, \u201cAnd now 20 years later, for the crime of being a teacher and a woman.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Taliban has made statements that women will be included in its society, but there is little room for many to believe them after the restrictions, abuse, and oppression the group has placed on women in the past.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Last month, the Taliban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/taliban-announce-amnesty-for-opposition-claim-women-welcome-in-government\"><span class=\"s1\">announced<\/span><\/a> amnesty across the country in a move that was seen by many as an attempt to appear as a more modern force rather than the brutal insurgents the world has watched wreak havoc on the region \u2013 and on women \u2013 for the past several decades.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/afghanistan-taliban-kabul-1d4b052ccef113adc8dc94f965ff23c7\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;by The Associated Press at the time, \u201cThe promises of amnesty from Enamullah Samangani, a member of the Taliban\u2019s cultural commission, were the first comments on how the Taliban might govern on a national level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan with full dignity and honesty has announced a complete amnesty for all Afghanistan, especially those who were with the opposition or supported the occupiers for years and recently,\u201d he said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Samangani spoke about the worries of women, noting that they were \u201cthe main victims of the more than 40 years of crisis in Afghanistan.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is ready to provide women with environment to work and study, and the presence of women in different (government) structures according to Islamic law and in accordance with our cultural values,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As The Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/sep\/03\/afghanistan-women-defiant-amid-taliban-crackdown\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> on Friday, however, \u201cThe Taliban have already <span class=\"s2\">asked most women to stay home<\/span>, claiming it is a temporary measure for \u2018security reasons\u2019, but that explanation has an ominous ring to Afghan women whose memories stretch back to the last time the group held power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe heard some of these explanations in 1996 to 2001, when the Taliban said that the reason girls couldn\u2019t study and women couldn\u2019t work was because the security situation wasn\u2019t good, and once the security situation was better they could go back. Of course that moment never arrived,\u201d said Heather Barr, who is the associate director of the women\u2019s rights division at Human Rights Watch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">\u201cThis indicates that even in the 1990s the Taliban felt the need to disguise some of their misogyny. So this is not an entirely new communications strategy they are pursuing now and Afghan women can see that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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