Afghanistan: demonstration of women in Kabul to denounce the "silence" of the world

A dozen women briefly demonstrated Tuesday, October 26 morning in Kabul, to denounce the "

" of the international community on the "

" in Afghanistan, the Taliban again preventing the press from approaching of the procession.

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These demonstrators, posing as members of the “

”, held up placards on which was written: “

","

"or even"

".

"

" said Husna Saddat, one of the participants.

A gathering at the entrance to the former "green zone"

"

», She continued. The gathering, which was initially supposed to take place near the UN mission in Afghanistan (Unama), moved at the last moment to the entrance of the former "

" where the buildings evacuated by several are located. Western embassies after the Taliban took power in August.

"

", told AFP Wahida Amiri, one of the organizers. .

While these demonstrations are banned by the Taliban and have been violently repressed since they came to power, Wahida Amiri was quick to add: "

".

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Guards present at the entrance to this ultra-secure area first asked the demonstrators and the press to move away.

A dozen Taliban guards who arrived as reinforcements, some of them armed, then firmly repelled the media present and confiscated the mobile phone used by a local journalist to film, noted an AFP journalist.

These symbolic demonstrations by women have become regular in Kabul in recent weeks.

In the previous one, last Thursday, around 20 demonstrators were allowed to march for more than an hour and a half, but several foreign and local journalists who came to cover the rally were beaten by the Taliban.