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Taliban fighters used whips and sticks against a small group of women protesting in Kabul on Wednesday, also hitting several journalists covering the protest.
Videos and images received by CNN show the women chanting "Long live the women of Afghanistan."
A woman at the protest said: "We thought that they [the Taliban] could have a stable and Islamic government, but they have shown that they cannot change."
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She added: "We ask the international community, especially those who for the last 20 years have tried to give women their rights, where are those defenders of women's rights today?"
Another woman said: "We have gathered here to protest the recent announcement of the new government, in which there is no female representation within this government."
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He said some of the protesters were "beaten with whips and they tell us to go home and recognize and accept the Emirate. Why do we have to accept the Emirate while we have not been given any inclusions or rights?"
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As he spoke, he held up a sign that read: "A cabinet without women is a loser, a loser."
There were no women among the 30 government appointments announced by the Taliban on Tuesday.
The woman added: "Several journalists who had come to carry out their work were arrested and taken to the police station. At the moment we have gathered here to protest also for the release of those who have been detained. They have detained all those who have been detained. they were here to carry out their functions as journalists. Why and until when do we have to put up with this? "
The women also said that the Taliban had beaten young people who were observing the protest.
One of them said that a "16-year-old young man who left his house to go to school, with his backpack on his back, was beaten, had bruises all over his arms. He escaped but two or three Taliban ran after him. ".
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The director of the online media outlet EtilaatRoz, Elyas Nawandish, posted on Twitter photos showing images of two of his journalists who had been injured.
He wrote: "Taqi Daryabi and Neamat Naqdi, two reporters from @Etilaatroz have been badly beaten after being detained by the Taliban. Reporters say they were taken to separate rooms and then beaten by the Taliban. They were taken to hospital for treatment."
Marcus Yam, a Los Angeles Times reporter who was covering the protest, said on Twitter: "While some were trying to get their hands on me, there was a fighter who kept interfering and at one point muttered 'foreigner'. Others were standing with their whips. prepared ".
The protests took place in Dasht-i-Barchi, an area of Kabul mostly inhabited by people from the Shiite Hazara ethnic minority, a group known to have been targeted by the Taliban in the past.
The Taliban have not commented on Wednesday's protest.
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