Women fight back in Afghanistan

Afghan women are continuing to combat for their rights arsenic the Taliban crackdown intensifies.

"They are not our people, they are terrorist. They are sidesplitting our people," 1 protesting pistillate said.

Exclusive footage from a Newsy photojournalist successful Kabul takes america wrong 1 of the largest protests nether Taliban power to date.

The march was Tuesday — conscionable arsenic the Taliban announced an all-male interim government.

All week, groups of women successful Kabul and elsewhere successful the state person taken to the streets astatine large idiosyncratic risks — wearing hijabs and bravely showing their faces to the world.  

Their demands? Equal rights and inclusion successful authorities and society.  

The activists besides shouting enactment to absorption fighters successful the Panjshir state — and against Pakistan's power successful their country.  

"Our demands are this: halt sidesplitting them," the protesting pistillate said.

In response, the Taliban person utilized whips, sticks and unrecorded ammunition to bushed up and interruption up the protests — arsenic seen successful this footage captured with compartment phones. 

A U.N. authoritative says the convulsive Taliban crackdown has already led to 4 documented deaths. 

"We telephone connected the Taliban to instantly cease the usage of unit towards, and the arbitrary detention of, those exercising their close to peaceful assembly and the journalists covering the protests," said U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights spokesperson, Ravina Shamdasani.

The Taliban person detained astatine slightest 14 reporters covering the protests — assaulting 9 of them, according to the committee to support journalists. 

One newsman told Newsy the Taliban deed him connected the head, broke his ribs and stole his notes, accusing him of "spreading mendacious propaganda."

Now, successful 1 of its archetypal moves, the caller Taliban enactment has banned each demonstrations without authorities approval, informing of "severe ineligible consequences" for those who disobey. 

Still, women activists vow to support connected fighting.    

A newsman asked, "Are you going to proceed doing this? It's dangerous." 

"Yes, for sure, for sure," a protester responded.  "We volition ne'er stop, we volition ne'er beryllium acrophobic of this."

This communicative was primitively reported by Newsy.com.