Afghanistan’s Tiananmen Square Moment – When A Woman Faced Taliban Gun
New Delhi: An Afghan woman faces a Taliban man armed in one of the many convincing images that emerged from protests in Kabul on Tuesday against Lil Group. The Taliban fired shots to disperse hundreds of people who had gathered in several rallies on the streets of Afghan capital.
At least three rallies were carried out in an unprecedented spectacle of challenge against Taliban, known for their brutality, especially for women, in their last stage in power. For the most part, women led one of the protests outside the Embassy of Pakistan.
The photo of Reuters of the pistol trained in the Afghan woman, tweeted by the news journalist of Tolo Zahra Rahimi, had echoes from the defining image of a lonely man blocking the tanks in China Tiananmen Square in 1989.
“An Afghan woman rests without fear face to face with a Talibanered armed man who pointed to her gun to her chest,” wrote Ms Rahimi.
An Afghan woman rests without fear face to face with a Taliban armed man who pointed his gun to her chest.
Photo: @ reuterspic.twitter.com / 8vgtnmksih
– Zahra Rahimi (@zahrasrahimi) September 7, 2021
A growing number of protests throughout the country has emerged during the past week, with Afghans that feared a repetition of the previous oppressive regime of Taliban when people were publicly executed in stadiums.
The videos published on social networks showed that people’s scores go through the streets, holding banners and singing of them, observed by Taliban armed members.
The journalists alleged that they were broken and their identifications and cameras were snatched by the Taliban. The association of independent journalists Afghanistan Kabul said that 14 journalists, Afghans and foreigners, were briefly detained during the protests before being released. Reporters were seen with cuts and bruises in their hands and knees in online images.
Hours after the protests, the Taliban announced to his government, which includes the Black List Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund as Prime Minister and Co-founder of Taliban Abdul Ghani Baradar as his deputy.
Observers say that the absence of women in the Afghan interim government raises questions about the pronouncements of the Taliban on the protection and respect of the rights of Afghan women and girls.
