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September 5, 2021
Taliban Fighters Crush a Women's Protest Amid Flickers of Resistance
By Marta Steele
In Afghanistan brave women are marching to hold on to the rights they acquired in the previous 20 years. They are demanding a place in the newly forming government. On Saturday September 4, "Taliban fighters violently suppressed a women’s protest Saturday in Kabul. ... [The women] "said they were beaten by Taliban fighters--some of the first concrete evidence of harsh treatment of women by the group." Said one ...
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The New Rulers of Afghanistan. Armed resistance is still alive 70 miles north of Kabul.
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In Afghanistan brave women are marching to hold on to the rights they acquired in the previous 20 years. They are demanding a place in the newly forming government.
On Saturday September 4, "Taliban fighters violently suppressed a women’s protest Saturday in Kabul. ... [The women] "said they were beaten by Taliban fighters--some of the first concrete evidence of harsh treatment of women by the group."
Said one woman in the wake of the brutality: "We will continue our struggle until we get our rights back in this government. They took over our country by the force of their weapons.”
“We will continue our struggle until we get our rights back in this government. They took over our country by the force of their weapons.”
Authors Website: http://www.wordsunltd.com
Authors Bio:
Marta Steele is an author/editor/blogger who has been writing for Opednews.com since 2006. She is also author of the 2012 book "Grassroots, Geeks, Pros, and Pols: The Election Integrity Movement's Nonstop Battle to Win Back the People's Vote, 2000-2008" (Columbus, Free Press) and a member of the Election Integrity movement since 2001. Her original website, WordsUnLtd.com, first entered the blogosphere in 2003. She recently became a senior editor for Opednews.com. She has in the past taught college and worked as a full-time as well as freelance reporter. She has been a peace and election integrity activist since 1999. Her undergraduate and graduate educational background are in Spanish, classical philology, and historical and comparative linguistics. Her biography is most recently listed in "Who's Who in America" 2019 and in 2018 she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Who's Who.