A number of protesting women and members of the Movement for the Transformation of Women’s History in Afghanistan held a street protest in Kabul against the restrictive policies of the interim government towards women and girls.
This morning (Wednesday, September 21), protesting women marched in the Dasht-e-Barchi area in western Kabul, chanting against the current government’s limiting policies.
Members of the Movement for the Transformation of Women’s History in Afghanistan strongly criticized the positions of the international community and European countries regarding the handover of Afghan embassies to the current government during this protest.
They took to the streets with slogans such as “Education, Work, Freedom,” “One Voice for Liberation,” “Afghan Embassies, the Last Remnants of Afghanistan,” “Save Afghanistan from Humanitarian Catastrophe,” “Unconditional Freedom is Our Message,” and “The Taliban Commit Crimes, the World Supports Them.”
The Movement for the Transformation of Women’s History in Afghanistan issued a statement declaring that August 15 is a dark and shameful day for Afghanistan, a day when years of achievements by the Afghan people were sold off in the black market of Doha by incompetent rulers, leading to the plundering of the fate of millions of Afghan women and men.
The statement further noted that alongside the resurgence of the interim government, liberation movements emerged in Afghanistan where women’s roles have been significant and revitalizing.
It stated that over the past three years of the current government’s rule, Afghan women have actively participated in freedom movements to reclaim their lost rights and freedoms.
The statement read: “Afghan women have been fighting under the most difficult conditions for three years. Their struggle has been accompanied by imprisonment, flogging, executions, rape, and stoning. Arbitrary executions, imprisoning women and protesters, public flogging, and numerous other crimes have also been reported by international media.”
Additionally, the Movement for the Transformation of Women’s History in Afghanistan mentioned in part of its statement: “The current government, whose majority leaders are wanted by international police, travels freely to various countries from time to time, which is a warning sign for the region and the world.”
Members of the Movement for the Transformation of Women’s History have called on the international community and human rights organizations to support the formation of a democratic government in Afghanistan instead of engaging with the current regime.
