Kabul- After the Taliban announced that the building of the Women's Affairs Ministry would be used as the building of the “Ministry for Preaching and Guidance and the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice”, a new sign was hung outside of the women’s affairs ministry. A group of Afghan women protested the order in front of the former Women’s Affairs Ministry today. “The Women’s Affairs Ministry should be reopened. Excluding women means excluding human beings,” said one of the protesters. The protesters also confirmed that they haven’t gone to work after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

The protesters shouted slogans such as “Freedom for women” and “We demand democracy, freedom”.

Silent protest

After their protest in front of the former Women's Affairs Ministry, the protesters went to the service building of the Ministry of Education and staged a silent protest there. They wore black dresses and white headscarves to protest the ban on girls’ education and held placards reading, “Allow girls to go to school”, “Don’t close the doors of schools to girls.”

“Everybody has the right to education

Farah Mustafavi, one of the protesters, told us they gathered for their rights to education and work. “According to the new education regulation, girls will be able to receive education until sixth grade not more. And women are banned from working. Women have the right to education. “

“The Taliban prevent women from receiving education. We gathered in front of the Ministry of Education building to raise our voices. Girls have the right to go to school,” said Şekiba Temkin, one of the protesters.

Another protester Simagül Cemali called on the international community to “protect the rights of Afghan women.”