{"id":81503,"date":"2022-01-18T15:11:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T15:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=81503"},"modified":"2022-01-18T15:11:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T15:11:46","slug":"taliban-fighters-pepper-spray-women-protesters-calling-for-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/81503-taliban-fighters-pepper-spray-women-protesters-calling-for-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban fighters pepper spray women protesters calling for rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f7_\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f5\u06f6-\u06f4\u06f3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f7_\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f5\u06f6-\u06f4\u06f3.jpg 780w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f7_\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f5\u06f6-\u06f4\u06f3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f7_\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f5\u06f6-\u06f4\u06f3-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Taliban forces on Sunday fired pepper spray at a group of women protesters in Afghanistan\u2019s capital demanding rights to work and education, three demonstrators told AFP.<br>Since seizing control of the country by force in August, the Taliban authorities have imposed creeping restrictions on Afghans, especially on women.<br>Around 20 women gathered in front of Kabul University, chanting \u201cequality and justice\u201d and carried banners that read \u201cWomen\u2019s rights, human rights\u201d, an AFP correspondent reported.<br>The protest however was later dispersed by the Taliban fighters who arrived at the scene in several vehicles, three women protesters told AFP.<br>\u201cWhen we were near Kabul University three Taliban vehicles came, and fighters from one of the vehicles used pepper spray on us,\u201d said a protester, who asked not to be named for security reasons.<br>\u201cMy right eye started to burn. I told one of them \u2018shame on you\u2019, and then he pointed his gun at me.\u201d<br>Two other protesters said that one of the women had to be taken to hospital after the spray caused an allergic reaction to her eyes and face.<br>An AFP correspondent saw a fighter confiscate a mobile phone of a man who was filming the demonstration.<br>The hard-line group have banned unsanctioned protests and frequently intervened to forcefully break up rallies demanding rights for women.<br>The Taliban authorities have blocked women public sector employees from returning to work, many secondary schools have still not reopened for girls, and public universities are shut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban forces on Sunday fired pepper spray at a group of women protesters in Afghanistan\u2019s capital demanding rights to work and education, three demonstrators told AFP.Since seizing control of the country by force in August, the Taliban authorities have imposed creeping restrictions on Afghans, especially on women.Around 20 women gathered in front of Kabul University, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":81508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,7,31],"tags":[480,2489,44],"class_list":["post-81503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan","category-islam","category-news","tag-fighters","tag-rights","tag-taliban"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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