It was the second march in two days by women demanding rights from the new government.
Women rally in Kabul calling on the Taliban to ensure equal rights in Afghanistan on September 4,, a protest triggered by comments from a high-ranking Taliban leader that women “may not” end up serving in senior positions of a new government.
Eventually, Taliban members blocked the women and tried to break up the protest with pepper spray and tear gas, Razia Barakzai, 26,One woman was “struck” by the Taliban, Barakzai told Al Jazeera, which reported that a video of a woman, whose head was bleeding, said the Taliban hit her.“I am the voice of the women who are unable to speak.” Farhat Popalzai, a university student, told the AP. “They think this is a man’s country but it is not, it is a woman’s country too.”4.
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