Afghan Women Activists Protest In Takhar Against Taliban’s Mandatory Hijab Rule

A group of women in Takhar protested against the Taliban's intensifying pressure to impose the mandatory hijab rule as desired by the group. On Monday, these women gathered at an unknown closed location and chanted slogans against the Taliban’s strict policies.

According to the photos received by Afghanistan International from this gathering, protestors carried slogans against “forced marriage” and “mandatory hijab”, imposed by the group.

One of the protestors told Afghanistan International that the Taliban tortured and beat up women publicly in several cases due to not having a “burqa” according to the group’s order.

In this closed space with the flag of the previous government in the background, the female protesters asked the international community not to recognise the Taliban’s government.

According to them, recognising the Taliban will mean “burying alive” women in Afghanistan.

Taliban officials haven’t reacted to this protest yet.

The Taliban have imposed a ban on women’s education and work and ordered that women don’t have the right to visit restaurants, parks, cinemas, gyms, and public baths across Afghanistan. The Taliban has also ordered Afghan women not to leave the house with a male guardian.