Taliban attacked new women’s march in Kabul with tear gas and gunfire

A group of Afghan women and activists once again took to the streets of the country’s capital, Kabul, to demand their inclusion in the future Taliban government and respect for their rights, although this time there were incidents with the insurgent group, which they claim to have blocked their way.

The protest took place after they had already been registered demonstrations in the city of Herat and in Kabul on the same subject, while the insurgents continue to outline their executive, of which they have however already advanced, that There “might” not be women in priority positions.

On this occasion, the event ended with clashes after Taliban blocked women’s entourage from advancing and sprayed them with tear gasaccording to afghan tv channel Tolo News.

Women and activists insisted that their role in the new government should be important. The Taliban have promised that women will not lose their rights, or at least regress to the uselessness they had in 2001, during the previous stage of the so-called Islamic Emirate. However, they have made it clear that “Sharia” or Islamic law will be the red line that they will take into account.

The international community, led by the United Nations, has called for the rights of all genders to be respected equally. The Executive Director of UN Women, Pramila Patten, warned this week that the incorporation of women in the future administration will be a “litmus test” to verify the true commitment of the Taliban in favor of rights and freedoms.

United States warned women and girls evacuated from Afghanistan were forced to marry before fleeing

The US authorities responsible for registering Afghan refugees arriving in the country warned that there had been forced marriage cases involving women and girls evacuated from Afghanistan.

According to sources familiar with the matter, this type of incident – the extent of which is still unknown – occurred before the fear of remaining in the country under the control of the Taliban. As reported by the television network CNN, the authorities would have noticed these marriages once the Afghan women were in transit.

Thus, the first to sound the alarm were the American diplomats in the United Arab Emirates. The documents they sent indicate that Some of the women and girls held in evacuation centers around the country reported that their families forced them to marry outside Kabul airport in order to flee the country. after the Taliban captured the Afghan capital.

In some cases, families paid thousands of dollars to men who could be evacuated for collaborating with American troops during the invasion.

Sources consulted indicated that the State Department, in collaboration with the Department of National Security and Defense, has put in place a mechanism to identify possible victims of the human trafficking.

(With information from Europa Press)

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