Kabul: Afghan Women Rights Activists Face Tear Gas As Protest Seeking Representation Turns 'Violent'

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>New Delhi:</strong> Women rights activists in Kabul held protests on Saturday seeking rights and representation in the new government and the demonstrations turned violent with Taliban forces preventing them from marching towards the presidential palace.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to the protesters, Taliban forces used tear gas to stop the protest, TOLOnews reported.</span></p> <p><strong>ALSO READ |<span style="color: #e03e2d;"> <a style="color: #e03e2d;" title="" href="https://ift.tt/2Vjkwm2" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-toggle="tooltip" data-html="true" data-original-title="Story ID: 1480238" aria-describedby="tooltip19073">Afghanistan Crisis: Taliban Postpone Govt Formation For Next Week - Know All About It</a></span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The women in Afghanistan&rsquo;s capital city are staging protests, demanding their rights and representation in the new government. They want their role in the Taliban government to be significant.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A number of women rights activists and reporters protested for a second day in Kabul on Saturday, TOLOnews wrote on Twitter.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[tw]https://twitter.com/TOLOnews/status/1434065082183454720[/tw]</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The protest reportedly turned violent as Taliban forces did not allow the agitators to march toward the Presidential Palace.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A purported video of an injured activist is also being shared on social media.&nbsp; Etilaatroz news publisher Zaki Daryabi shared a video where a woman, identified as Rabia Sadat, can be seen with a bleeding forehead.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[tw]https://twitter.com/ZDaryabi/status/1434053201171554305[/tw]</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Earlier, a group of Afghan women activists staged a demonstration in Kabul on Friday with demands of equal rights and decision-making roles in political life in the country&rsquo;s future government.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A video of the protest was also streamed live by the group that called for the recognition of women's political, economic, and social rights, local media reported.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">These demonstrations had begun with dozens of Afghan women taking to streets in the western Afghan city of Herat on Thursday.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This comes as Afghan women face an uncertain future under the ultra-conservative regime which portrays itself to be more moderate this time but reports of the ground reality present a contrary version.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Older generations remember the Islamic regime that saw regular stoning and public executions during Taliban rule before the US-led invasion that followed the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Under the Taliban's harsh interpretation of Islamic law, women were largely confined to their homes.&nbsp;</span></p>