The spontaneous demonstration brought together dozens of women, social activists, teachers and human rights activists.
Dozens of women took to the streets of Kabul on Thursday to protest for their rights, demand food and employment, amid the serious economic crisis that the country suffers after the arrival of the Taliban to power.
The spontaneous demonstration brought together dozens of women, social activists, teachers and human rights activists in the Afghan capital, despite the fact that the Taliban have harshly repressed such gatherings in the past.
The tension has been increasing week by week as the economic crisis in the country worsens, which lost access to its international reserves and aid funds, as a result of the sanctions imposed on the Taliban government.
The dozens of protesters, some of them men, also raised their voices with slogans in favor of ethnic minorities, work, childhood, women’s freedom, political and social participation in Afghanistan.
“The protest was carried out by spontaneous women motivated by the economic and human crisis, they do not give women a job opportunity or political participation in the Government,” one of the protesters told Efe Mursal Ayar.
The Afghanistan crisis is at its worst, with very little cash circulating, wages owed to many public workers, exorbitant prices, and the Afghan currency at its lowest price in 20 years.
“Our protest is due to the recent economic and human crisis. The prices are very high, no family can survive in these situations,” social activist Marjan Amiri told EFE.
Like much of the country, the protesters direct their appeal to the international community to take action to address what is happening in the country.
Without access to reserves or international banking, the Taliban government, in power since August 15, has very little means to start the country’s economy.
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“Misery invades people all over Afghanistan, we are losing our families and children. Instead of helping us and handling the situation, the Taliban government and the international community look at us with cruelty, “another protester said in a statement to the press.
“We are dying little by little and prices are touching the sky,” he added.
The United Nations and various humanitarian aid agencies have been working for months to find a way to deliver essential aid, especially now that with the arrival of winter the situation becomes much more complex for most of the country. (I)
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