Dozens of women protest in Afghanistan’s capital, demanding the right to education, jobs and political representation from the Taliban government.
Although public protests are effectively banned by Afghanistan’s new hardline rulers, authorities gave permission for the march — held in biting cold after the first snowfall of winter in Kabul.
“Food, careers and freedom,” participants chant, while others hold placards demanding women get political posts.
Some protesters carry banners echoing Taliban complaints that the international community had frozen billions of dollars in aid and assets.
Despite being permitted to protest, participants say they remain in fear of the country’s new rulers.
“Fear is always there, but we cannot live in fear — we have to fight against our fear,” says 28-year-old Shahera Kohistan.
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