Afghan women demand education and work at Kabul protest | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

About two dozen Afghan women chanting "bread, work, freedom" protested in the capital on Sunday against the Taliban's harsh restrictions on their rights.

Since seizing power in August, the Taliban have rolled back the marginal gains made by women during the two decades of US intervention in Afghanistan. After seizing power, the Taliban had promised a softer version of the harsh Islamist rule that characterised their first stint in power from 1996 to 2001.Tens of thousands of girls have been shut out of secondary schools, while women have been barred from returning to many government jobs.

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