Some Afghan women have begun to defy the Taliban for fear of reimposing restrictions imposed during their previous regime, with public protests calling for the insurgents to be included in the government to be formed or their right to continue operating.
There are more and more images of women holding banners and waving anti-Taliban slogans across the country, and it is a symbol of the resistance of journalists, activists and workers who oppose a return to that dark era of oppression.
Today, Tolo Afghan TV reported that a group of government office employees and activists took to the streets of Kabul to demand the Taliban movement for roles in the new administration, as well as to keep their jobs in state offices.
Activist Fariha “The people, the government, and any official who constitutes a state in the future cannot ignore the women of Afghanistan. We will not give up our right to education, work and our right to political and social participation.” Eser told the TV channel.
Demonstrations have been scaled back, but they are gaining strength as the days go by, as many remember the Taliban regime between 1996 and 2001, when women could not work or go to school, and were confined to their homes.
However, the Taliban has now insistently asserted that women will be able to carry on with their lifestyles as before, and return to schools or jobs within the limits set by Islam, but some workers, especially journalists, deplore that in practice this is not achieved.
“I wanted to go back to work, but unfortunately (the Taliban) wouldn’t let me. They told me the system has changed and you can’t work,” TV presenter Shabnam Doran said in a video widely shared today. In the photo taken last Tuesday, two days after the capture of Kabul, the Tolo TV presenter gives an interview to the Taliban.
The organization said Stephen Butler, CPJ’s South Asia coordinator, condemned actions aimed at “stripping the public media of prominent news anchors, an ominous sign that the Afghan Taliban have no intention of fulfilling their promise to respect women’s rights.” .
The Taliban also state that they imposed a strict regime in which women were only allowed to leave the house accompanied by a family man or to enforce the use of the burqa, a situation that improved with the fall of the regime. rebellion in 2001 and many now fear a repeat.