of the Afghanes went to the street to protest against the restrictions imposed on the freedoms of women in the country. But, the Taliban quickly intervened to disperse the demonstration.
Le Monde with AFP
Twenty Afghanes demonstrated in Kabul on Sunday, May 29, with the cries of “bread, work, freedom!”, To protest against the restrictions imposed by the Taliban on the freedoms of women in Afghanistan.
“Education is my right! Rouve the schools!” Also chanted the demonstrators, many of whom wore sails covering the face. They gathered before the Ministry of Education.
They walked a few hundred meters before being stopped by Taliban in civilian clothes, who came to disperse the demonstration. “We wanted to read a statement, but the Taliban did not allow it,” said a participant after walking. “They took the mobile phones of certain girls and also prevented us from taking photos or videos of our demonstration,” she added.
Since their return to power, the Taliban have imposed a series of restrictions on civil society, a large part of which aims to submit women to their fundamentalist design of Islam. They have largely excluded women from public jobs, have restricted their right to move and they have prohibited girls’ access to college and high school.
The last restriction dates from the beginning of May, when the government published a decree, approved by the supreme chief of the Taliban and Afghanistan, Hibatullah Akhundzada, making compulsory for women the wearing of the full veil in public. The Taliban clarified that their preference was going to burqa, this full veil most often blue and wrapped in terms of the eyes, but that other types of sail only revealing the eyes would be tolerated.
They also considered that women have a pressing reason to go out, it was “better for them to stay at home”. These new measures have aroused the indignation of the international community. Friday, the Taliban rejected the call of the UN Security Council to return to these restrictions, judging “baseless” the concerns expressed on these questions.
For twenty years, the Afghanes had acquired new freedoms, returning to school or applying for jobs in all sectors of activity, even if the country has remained socially conservative.